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Devs will compete for a showcase spot at the event’s Indie Arena Booth

Activision’s 2012 licensed outing Transformers: Fall of Cybertron has received a surprise release on PS4 and Xbox One. Despite the lack of official announcement, the game can currently be had from PSN for 29.99 or Xbox Live for 39.99. For your money you also get the game’s three pieces of …

Wargaming has partnered with ESL to create the official Wargaming online shop, as the Wargaming.net league returns for another year. The online shop will allow fans of Wargaming’s properties to buy high quality merchandise based around World of Tanks, Master of Orion and World of Warships along with jerseys of …

The only connection between Bethesda’s new Prey and the 2006 original appears to be the name. So why use the name at all? That was the question put to Raphael Colantonio, the creative director at developer Arkane, by GameSpot. Well it was a matter of, first of all it’s hard …

Suddenly find yourself in a mental rut? Don’t panic: Shahid Ahmad is here to talk developers through his 12-step process for solving any creative problem

Joost van Dreunen discusses the growing impact of YouTubers and Twitch streamers, and considers the implications of turning a hobby into a business

Uses Hello Games sci-fi adventure as an example of devs facing a flawed certification process

Niantic’s Pokemon Go has completely blown away the month one performances of mobile’s former giants. That’s according to estimates from Sensor Tower, which estimates that worldwide Pokemon Go revenues passed $200m in the app’s first month of availability. To put that into perspective, that’s way ahead of Clash Royale. Supercell’s …

Dr. Maria Sifnioti, producer and researcher at A Clockwork Brain 2.0 developer Total Eclipse Games, offers her advice on fully understanding analytics and using collected information to refine your title

Esports often miss out on the feats of physical grace that make for great SportsCenter clips, or, at least, giffable moments. With great punt returns or rim-shaking slam dunks, there’s no need for a nuanced understanding of football or basketball to gawp. Only on rare occasions are esports so immediately …