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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 …

The UK games market must learn from its American cousins if it wants to build a sizeable merchandise market. Former Ubisoft licensing head Rob Stevenson, who has just launched his Huge Crate merchandise business, says the UK is falling behind the US due to publishers and retailers not viewing video …

Co-founder of Ruffian Games talks us through the development of his love letter to '80s isometric adventures

In its native Finland, Rovio means pyre. And for many years, thanks to the success of its Angry Birds brand, the company burned bright. Following the smash hit success of the original game, the firm has launched another 14 Angry Birds titles, spin-offs and tie-in releases, resulting in three billion …

The co-creator of Wipeout Nick Burcombe has said he would make another entry in the sci-fi racing franchise, if Sony would let him. Wipeout, developed by Psygnosis, was released in 1995 as a launch title for the PlayStation. The most recent game in the series was released in January 2012. …

Broadcasters are increasingly turning to games developers to engage broader audiences with their brands. James Batchelor finds out what opportunities this presents for studios