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Israeli-based mobile developer also has more than 40m monthly active users in kids market

If the signs are right, the acclaimed TV show might be the next on the list of the adventure game studio’s prominent licensed projects

The Sims, Journey and Boom Blox developer observes that the industry ‘spends too much time thinking about mechanics and systems’

To call it a showdown is understating it a bit. The first Rocket League Championship Series finals took place over the weekend, and it was a battle of the best – the most notorious names in Rocket League – as NA faced off against EU. The road to the grand …

Current Windows 10 exclusive Quantum Break will be released on Steam next month. The game, formerly believed to be an Xbox One exclusive, was announced for PC in February. Back then it was a Windows Store and Windows 10 exclusive. However, Xbox boss Phil Spencer did subsequently say that the …

Yesterday, Valve kicked off the first day of The International 2016 main event with an opening ceremony that was somehow both flamboyant and low-key. A large but unimposing figure in the shape of Gabe Newell, the company’s co-founder and managing director, strutted sheepishly onto the stage while Dota 2‘s theme …

11-day celebration of capital’s games industry aims to attract 50,000 visitors

In a month where Pokmon Go dominated the media, sales of boxed video games plunged to an all-time low. 21.4m was spent on physical video games in the UK during July – the lowest figure ever reported. The previous low happened in July 2013, when the market made just 23m. …

"If we win this, we’ll be one of the first who came in as the top dogs and actually won the whole thing," Tal "Fly" Aizik told me with his signature confidence ahead of OG’s Upper Bracket match this past weekend. "Like, Secret last year, they looked great, then failed …

In 1894, Pierre de Coubertin stood in front of a gathering of international sporting officials and proposed to change the world. Born into a French aristocratic family, Coubertin enjoyed the fruits of a high-class education. But instead of a career in politics or the military, he spent his life dedicated …