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Toy company Mattel is bringing a game developer Barbie doll to the market later this year. This is part of the firm’s ‘Career of the Year’ push, dedicated to the toy icon’s chosen field of a particular year. The previous year saw Barbie pursue her career of being a film …

In the world of eSports, it’s hard for a game to be – and stay – on top. One major difference between eSports and real sports” is that the latter stays remarkably static. People don’t often jump ship from watching football to baseball after a few years because they get …

2015 saw unprecedented growth throughout the year for the Dota 2 competitive scene, and all of it culminated in a record-breaking $18.4 million prize pool at The International 5, the world championships for Dota 2. By winning TI5, Evil Geniuses collected more than $6.6 million of the prize money. With …

Initiative launched in October 2015 provides new studios with grants of up to £50,000

Shahid Ahmad on 'making a leap for the rim of the bucket' as an indie developer

Jonathan Blow’s second title The Witness is on track for a Braid-smashing week-one sales performance. It’s hard to talk about numbers without breaking NDAs, but The Witness is on track to sell more in a week than Braid sold in its first year, and Braid was a hit indie game,” …

Expanding outside of the world of games will become a common move for big publishers, says SuperData's Joost van Dreunen

Ubisoft is opposing rival publisher EA’s attempts to trademark ‘Ghost’. The firm claims that the trademark will ‘cause confusion’ with its Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon franchise, which has a new entry – Wildlands (pictured) – launching this year. The document indicates that EA attempted to register a Ghost trademark on …

Tech giant also looking to rival Microsoft’s AR technology HoloLens

More devs should implement co-operative multiplayer modes to make the best of both worlds, says Gears of War creator