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This week, Nvidia advances on the living room with its Shield raised and Turtle Beach has a new headset for PlayStation players Nvidia Shield Android TV The next wave of micro-consoles targeting the living room has arrived, and Nvidia’s Shield device is leading the charge. Nvidia claims the Shield is …

Wasteland 2 project lead Chris Keenan takes over game's management

Full supplement to be included with Recruitment Special of Develop magazine, putting your vacancies in the hands of thousands of job-seekers

The latest player in the streaming market has secured $4m in funding. Vienna-based Hitbox raised this in a new round of investment which will help it expand its North American operation and worldwide reach. This funding was led by Austrian venture capital firm SpeedInvest, with publisher Wargaming, North Base Media, …

Market analyst IHS Technology has questioned the long-term benefits of Activision Blizzard’s acquisition of Candy Crush firm King. The Call of Duty, Warcraft and Destiny publisher announced its plans to purchase the mobile giant for $5.9 billion earlier today. IHS director and head of gamesPiers Harding-Rollssuggested that the move was …

Up and coming game development talent take centre stage in new video

The long-awaited transfer update for PES 2016 that arrived last week is missing a number of key transfers. Players were already grumpy about having to wait for a month after launch for Konami to finally update the rosters to reflect all changes up to the end of the transfer window. …

More than 20 staff lose jobs after LA studio closure

Meet the accelerator and investor in London at November 12th event

Online retail is trying to muscle its way into the midnight launch market. Traditionally gamers who feel they must get their hands on a game the very moment it’s released instead of nine hours later when the shops open can either queue up in the dark and cold for a …