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Andrew Plotkin’s ‘add-on’ for text puzzle adventure Hadean Lands makes players vow they won’t cheat

Pair co-develop film spin-off The Secret Life of Pets: Unleashed

Former chief marketing officer and brand frontman leaving to focus on entrepreneurial pursuits

AppLovin's Mark Rosner offers devs a breakdown of the different ways to advertise your game on mobile

In 2014 Criterion revealed that it was working on an extreme sports vehicle title with more than a hint of Burnout about it. Now it’s not clear whether we’ll ever see that game. EA has told GameSpot that folk should forget about any previous projects mentioned by the UK studio. …

‘I’m the key creator; I will own that responsibility,’ says former Mega Man designer in response to critical backlash

Rounding up the hottest new names in mobile who will be competing for the award in July

The crowdfunding push for free-to-play card game Fable Fortune has been cancelled. But the game, from former Lionhead developers Flaming Fowl Studios, will still see the light of day. In a post on the Fable Fortune’s Kickstarter page announcing the cancelation, the studio said that it had secured additional development …

A lawsuit that has been bubbling for six years has ended with Sony agreeing to refund some of the purchase price for a select few who bought PS3. ArsTechnica reports that Sony has reached an agreement with lawyers representing as many as 10m PS3 owners aggrieved by Sony decision in …

Team formed by ex-Lionhead devs had raised £59,000 of £250,000 goal before attracting anonymous backer