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Intel Developer Blog: Find out how the firm's Graphics Performance Analyzers helped improve the latest entry in Giants Software's popular series

Marmalade’s senior SDK engineer Andrew Parker talks us through plans to support the latest version of the widely-used language

John Broomhall talks to Lionhead’s Steve Brown and Fable composer Russell Shaw about an innovative musical mechanic

Studio behind Firefall MMO suffers cuts after disappointing launch in China

A significant portion of staff at Firefall developer Red5 have had their jobs axed. That’s according to MMORPG.com, who reports that 40 employees have been fired disappointing launch for the free-to-play MMO shooter in China. This news comes courtesy of an anonymous source from the studio, who claims that the …

Strong sales for Call of Duty: Black Ops III makes Activision dev this month’s most successful studio

Wii U owners are finally able to buy the Wii U Gamepad separately from the console. Kotaku reports that Nintendo Japan has confirmed that the Gamepad can be bought for 12,800 (70) from today in Japan, There’s no word yet of standalone availability in other regions. Prior to the Wii …

If you’ve ever wanted to play PS4 games on your PC, as of this week, you’ll be able to. Before you start scanning the Steam store for Infamous, The Last of Us or God of War, there’s a catch: you’ll still still need to own Sony’s latest console. Developer Twisted …

EA has revealed that eight million gamers have played Plants vs Zombies Garden Warfare. In an infographic (below), the firm has revealed some stats about the shooter spin-off of the Plants vs Zombies franchise. 1.4 billion games have been played online – which the publisher claims clocks in at 1,600 …

Some users have claimed that the most recent update to Windows 10 has uninstalled certain programs from their systems without asking for permission. VentureBeat reports that two programs used by gamers are among those affected – CPU-Z and AMD’s Catalyst Control Centre. The former is a processor monitor that allows …