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Riot Games’newest employees are probablymaking the company’s first fighting game. That’s the most obvious conclusion from the theLeague of Legendsdeveloper’s latestacquisition: Radiant Entertainment, developers of crafting gameStonehearthand free-to-play fighting gameRising Thunder. In an announcement yesterday, Radiant said that it will shut downRising Thunder—which has been in a public Alpha since …

In a shock move, Amazon has launched its own engine. But can the newcomer really hold its own against the established might of heavyweights Unity and Unreal? Develop asks Mike Frazzini, vice president of Amazon Games

The Japanese arm of Amazon has begun allowing international customers to buy video games. So what, you may ask? The move offers a brand new avenue for games importers, who until now have relied on import specialists, most of whom are typically more expensive. This will give potentially even more …

Undergraduate and postgraduate courses in High Performance Graphics and Games Engineering will include focus on use of Vulkan and DX12, as well as training in VFX, such as cloth, fur and hair modelling, and crowd simulation

The owner of the Coleco brand has said that it is no longer associated with the makers of a supposed retro console that was to carry its name. Retro VGS has decided that the work that they have created is not sufficient to demonstrate at this time,” the Coleco Facebook …

Nottingham location is Crackdown 3 dev’s second UK office and third global outlet

Fighting game shut down as team transitions onto new project, but Stonehearth development will continue

Former Vivendi and Take 2 CTO Jan Lindner takes over from founder Patrick Buckland

Oskar Burman has stepped down from his position as GM of Rovio Stockholm. Burman joined the newly-founded team in 2012, having previously served as GM and head of Easy Studios for publisher EA. I’ve resigned from Rovio – but can’t speak yet of the next step in my journey,” Burman …

The head of Battleborn developer Gearbox has interpreted Blizzard’s decision to pitch Overwatch against it as proof that both studios are on to something. Blizzard this morning confirmed a May 24th release date for Overwatch, with an open beta kicking off for pre-order customers on May 3rd – that’s the …