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Government-backed programme will help budding studios produce a working prototype and apply for further funding of up to £25,000 to start a company

UK’s ‘biggest ever game jam’ saw over 200 devs build games in three days based on ‘You already won’ theme

Sony’s PS4 shows no signs of letting up, with the firm announcing that it has sold 40m consoles. This announcement comes by way of the new PlayStation-focused Sony Interactive Entertainment division, and reveals that as of May 22nd 2016, more than 40m PS4s have been shifted worldwide. This figure was …

Writer and designer of Bastion and Transistor believes that Id’s reboot now presents the alternative to the ‘cookie-cutter standard of today’

Mirror’s Edge is the next game IP to get the screen treatment, although this time it’s for TV as opposed to the cinema. Deadline reports that Endemol Shine Studios, a division of Endemol Shine North America, has grabbed the rights to a TV action series. We clearly see Mirror’s Edge …

Creative Assembly senior games designer Catherine Woolley was named as one of BAFTA's Breakthrough Brits in 2015. Ahead of the closing of submissions for this year's awards on May 30th, she reflects on the importance of highlighting up-and-coming games talent in the UK

Publisher Blizzard hopes that its brand new shooter IP Overwatch becomes one of its pillar franchises. Speaking to MCV, senior game designer Michael Chu said that his aspiration is for Overwatch to be up there with Blizzard’s other huge IP, such as Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo. Overwatch launched on May …

Sony’s PlayStation 4 is the only console in the UK to sell more so far this year than it had in 2015. That’s according to hardware figures seen by MCV, which indicate that PS4 sales year-to-date are 6.7 per cent up year-on-year to 207,907 units. Overall, console sales in the …

Christou arrives from Premier, Green Man Gaming welcomes new comms boss and Judge joins IGN. Twitch hires events marketing chief Former Premier PR senior publicist Kelsey Christou has joined Twitch UK. Christou started her career in the games industry four years ago as an assistant publicist at Premier where she …

‘The Grand Canyon. Mount Everest. The Great Barrier Reef. You know them as some of the seven natural wonders in the world. When you see the Men of Game Development for 2017, you'll need to make room for another twelve’