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Eight UK indies to showcase their games later this month

Rocket League now has a league of its own. Game-streaming sight Twitch and developer Psyonix announced today that the game will have its own championship series, giving the soccer/racer hybrid its own competitive league. Registration opens this month for the three-month season with a total prize pool of $75,000. This …

The OlliOlli studio's Simon Bennett shares the team's journey to cloud-based collaboration

Pavel Zagrebelnyj appears to have embedded crashing time bombs into driving game after falling out with Oovee

Texture streaming middleware powers virtual reality exploration of world’s tallest mountain

When Ispoke to James Firebat” Kostesichlast monthhe was still mulling over offers from new teams after his exit from Team Archon and the accompanying drama. He was also considering whether it might be wiser to go solo and build his profile as a streamer. Today he announced that he’s decided …

Disney has said that it will not release a new standalone version of its toys-to-life series Disney Infinity in 2016. Instead, the company has vowed to support its most recent release, Disney Infinity 3.0, with a range of new content based on new and existing Disney properties. It’s the first …

For nearly three decades, Finnish developers Sami Maaranen and Erkka Lehmus have been working on one game: Unreal World. As the game launches on Steam, Develop catches up with Maaranen to ask what he's learnt from taking his time

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PlayStation 4 had quite the year in Australia in 2015. According to NPD Australia’s 2015 data Sony’s hardware was the best-selling home console of the year and was behind 59 per cent of all home console hardware unit sales. Furthermore, 59 per cent of console market value was made up …