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The amount of money generated by video game Kickstarter campaigns has fallen considerably for the first half of 2016 compared with that of 2015. That’s according to consultancyIco Partners, who reports that just $8.2m has been raised in the first six months of 2016 – a massive reduction on H1 …

This year’s Star Fox Zero has been named as the Wii U’s most underrated game by legendary Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto. I think personally Star Fox is a really fun game if you sit down and play it,” Miyamoto told Game Informer. I think, for example, an elementary school kid …

CEO Andrew Day reveals why the games industry's complexity and risk drives the services firm's work

“I’m off to new adventures,” he says cryptically of future plans

$8.2 million raised in first half of this year versus more than $20 million in the latter half of 2015

Blizzard is looking for someone to head up its Diablo franchise following the news that game director Josh Mosqueira has left the studio. Mosqueira joined Blizzard in 2011 and took over responsibility for the gothic RPG series two years later, replacing Jay Wilson. Wilson himselfexited Blizzard in June after 10 …

Karl Magnus Troedsson joined Battlefield studio as producer in 2001 before rising to become VP of group strategy at publisher parent

Warner Bros’ LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens has debuted at the top spot in the UK charts. The title is the fourth biggest LEGO game of all time, and the ninth LEGO game to debut at No.1 in the UK. It is also the fourth biggest launch for a …

Announcement follows recent exits of former Diablo III director Jay Wilson and designer Leonard Boyarsky

Trio from Guitar Hero developer, former Lionhead design lead and pair of comms hires bring Sea of Thieves studio’s additions over last three months to 13