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The numbers may be down by more than 50 per cent, but Kickstarter games boss Luke Crane is positive about the performance of the crowd-funding platform. The figures – released by Ico Partners – show that just $8.2m was generated on Kickstarter during the first half of 2016, a significant …

Argentinian micro-studio Brainhold hopes to bring the striking visuals, quirky soundscapes and emotional punch of kids’ cartoons and Japanese animation to its debut 2.5D platformer. In their first-ever interview, Martin Ayguavella, Diego Sarmentero and Mauricio Dal Fabbro chart the vivid world of Rex Odyssey

New feature aims to make complicated presets more accessible to other members of the team

Mobile analytics company App Annie says Pokmon Go is likely to rule the mobile charts ‘for months’. The game has become an overnight sensation, and although App Annie acknowledges that mobile games are ‘maturing faster’ than ever before, it believes Pokmon Go won’t be fading away any time soon. Pokmon …

Tinybuild PR manager joins the UK firm, new product manager for We Sing andCrossley leaves GameSpot. Ripstone hires Mike Rose Former Tinybuild PR manager Mike Rose has joined Liverpool-based games company Ripstone as PR manager and developer relations, to boost its publishing presence. Before joining Tinybuild in 2014, Rose worked …

That didn’t take long – the rumoured deal between filmmaker Legendary and The Pokemon Company has been confirmed, according to reports. Hollywood Reporter reckons that the first film to emerge from the partnership will be a live-action take on Detective Pikachu, a 3DS game of which was released in Japan …

Sales of 3DS games and hardware have jumped by over 100 per cent as the Pokmon Go mobile phenomenon takes over the world. GfK figures reveal that the combined sales of previous Pokmon 3DS games increased by 145 per cent last week. Licensing sources have also told MCV that Nintendo …

As the Pokmon Go phenomenon continues to take over the world, we talk to retailers, licensing firms and merchandise companies to find out what’s next for the series. Elsewhere, we talk to the BBC, Channel 4 and ITV about the increasing number of broadcasters turning to games developers to make …

Begun, the CSGO gambling wars have. Valve has sent letters to 23 sites that specialise in the gambling of Counter Strike Global Offensive weapon skins, giving them 10 days to change how they operate before it brings out the big guns. Kotaku has confirmed the letter’s legitimacy. So far at …

But salaried writers remain out in the cold for now