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The UK games industry’s Golf and Spa Day will return on Thursday, July 14th. The event is back for a ninth year at the The Grove in Watford, with profits donated to games industry charity GamesAid. Those working in the games sector, consumer electronics, movies, music and other associated businesses, …

Having raised $660k over two years ago, the future of Yasumi Matsuno’s successfully Kickstarted RPG Unsung Hero looks incredibly uncertain. The game was originally due to be released in July 2015. A delay until late 2016 – and a change of direction for the gamplay – caused much consternation last …

But recruiter Aardvark Swift warns that there is ‘no quick fix’ for dearth of dev talent, as nearly three quarters of games firms prepare to look for new staff this year

You’re wrong about Russia. We might be jumping to conclusions, but you probably think of Russia as a games market ruled by PC, with Counter-Strike and World of Tanks the most popular titles and piracy flowing as freely as vodka. That may have been accurate once, but Russia has since …

The original home of online games videos is closing down today. The news has been confirmed by the site, as well as editor-in-Chief Brandon Jones on Twitter and associate editor Ben Moore on Neogaf. When GameTrailers was founded in 2002, internet video was a revolutionary concept,” a statement on the …

Our latest Intel Developer Blog explores the possibilities of the Internet of Things

Developer believes Merged could surpass the success of previous hit 1010

Amazon has released its very own engine, Lumberyard, which is completely free of subscription and royalty fees. Lumberyard is based upon the foundation of Crytek’s CryEngine, and can be used to create triple-A titles for PC, PS4 and Xbox One. Amazon has licensed official tools for the latter consoles from …

Rock Band 4 co-publisher Mad Catz has experienced a day of significant upheaval ahead of the publication of its latest financials. Long standing president and CEO Darren Richardson, chairman Thomas Brown and senior vice president of business affairs Whitney Peterson have all resigned. CFO Karen McGinnis replaces Richardson, who has …

RPG from Final Fantasy and Vagrant Story director Yasumi Matsuno crowdfunded $660,000 in 2014