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The crowdfunding gamble has just got a little riskier with news that online payment giant PayPal will no longer offer payment protection on money pledged to crowdfunding campaigns. PayPal’s customer protection is typically pretty robust and has for some been seen as a much-needed failsafe should a Kickstarter go belly-up, …

Aj Grand-Scrutton, co-founder of the Essex-based dev, reflects on his own journey

By now, we all know the importance of the indie development community to the future health of the videogames industry. It’s undeniable and the funding routes offered by crowdfunding, plus a range of distribution platforms means – in theory – that anybody, (almost) anywhere can make a game and sell …

ArcticPlay commercial director Totti Nyberg explains why the studio adopted a completely new approach to free-to-play for the mobile skateboarding title

Former Sony exec and independent dev Shahid Ahmad offers advice for new developers just setting out

Two of this year’s biggest Q4 FPS releases are experiencing very different fortunes on YouTube. As reported last week, Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has found itself subject to some sort of hate campaign on the video site. Since last week the game’s first trailer it has now gone …

Fireproof Games’ The Room trilogy has been a critical hat-trick, stacking up accolades for its brainteasing puzzles, detailed visuals and intuitive touch controls. Barry Meade takes Develop through the creation of the series’ latest effort

Jeffrey Lin led efforts to combat toxic player behaviour in League of Legends

Prize open to any undergraduate student studying games, with an eight-week internship at the H1Z1 studio included

When 2013’s SimCity came out, it was broken. It didn’t work. The servers fell over and the critics and fans did what they do when a game doesn’t work: they crucified it. Even when the game did get up-and-running, eventually, there were a few dissatisfied customers. The game’s developer had …