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The increasing number of players opting for the smartphone and tablet versions of Hearthstone is resulting in lost revenue for Blizzard. It was revealed last month that the game’s mobile revenues have spiked since the launch of the iPhone and Android earlier this year. However, as pointed out in a …

New features for iClone 6 Animation Pipeline, Character Creator and Live Motion Capture System showcased at last week’s tech fest

We catch up with the studio's head of middleware to discuss the tech's biggest ever update

Children’s publisher Egmont is to combine the digital with the old-fashioned in a new magazine. Download is the latest in the ‘AllAbout’ series, and will report on the biggest digital products and companies in the games industry for kids aged between six and 12. This apparently includes everything from toys-to-life, …

Square Enix is no longer the publisher of Call of Duty in Japan. This year’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will be published by Sony on PlayStation. For Xbox, Activision will serve as publisher and Microsoft and distributor, according to Siliconera. Sony has also published previous Activision titles in …

Intel Developer Blog: A look at a collection of tools that can help you to build apps for multiple platforms without sacrificing native performance

Publisher Bethesda has been promoting its mobile title Fallout Shelter over dating app Tinder. As spotted by a reader of Kotaku,the firm has set up a dating profile for its series mascot, the Vault Boy. According to his bio, Vault Boy is 25 and likes Nuka Cola, putting out fires, …

Studio behind Star Citizen’s FPS module cuts six members of staff

A new device shipping later this week will allow Amiibo owners to upload character data from other users onto their figures. The Amiiqo is primarily being sold as a backup device for Amiibos. This is potentially useful as each figure is only able to hold the data for one game …

With all the advances already made in video game AI, Develop asks the experts where the technology goes next