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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

RPG Exiles of Embermark will be first release from side project of Tim Harris and Halo co-creator Alex Seropian

PC and console tool features support for Twitch and Amazon Web Services, with Oculus SDK compatibility on the way

Bundesliga team VfL Wolfsburg has signed an English youngster to play as part of its FIFA eSports team. The BBC reports that David Bytheway from Wolverhampton is now an official employee of the club, and is one of two players signed to compete for it in FIFA tournaments. He even …

National Video Games Examiner chats with Evolve Labs Founder Adam Sellke, who discusses the impact ofeSportson pop culture and what the future holds for the continually growing platform and its hopes to hit a more mainstream audience. The founder/ co-founder of several startups (Surtsey, Madoi, Ripshark, Tunebloom, Evolve Labs and …