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A former video games industry exec – who has had stints at Apple, Activision and Xbox – is raising money after being hit by a car and left immobile. Nick Grange was in a coma for five months and hospilised for nine months after the incident in 2014. He is …

Japanese studio Mixi’s mobile co-op action RPG Monster Strike made $4.2m a day during its most recent quarter, according to the developer’s latest financial results. Industry analystDr. Serkan Totorevealed Mixi saw a total of $378m in sales for the title’s iOS and Android versions between April 1stand June 30th. The …

A trio of indie titles lead Youtube’s top trending games for the past month, with Rocket League out in front. Kotakureports on the latest monthly list from the video network, showing Rocket League, Life is Strange and Terraria Rocket League alsofinished fifth on Twitch’s most watched chartfor July. Behind those …

Former Double Fine COO Justin Bailey has teamed up with industry veterans Brian Fargo, Feargus Urquhart and Tim Schafer to launch Fig – a crowdfunding platform with investment options for backers. Funded by venture capital firm Spark Capital, Fig will focus solely on video game projects. The platform aims to …

This nine-part video series helps developers get to grips with the game engine's visual scripting system

The release date of upcoming tactical shooter Rainbow Six: Siege has been pushed back until December. The title was initially set for an October 13th release, but has been delayed until December 1st. This was announced via the Ubisoft Blog. The reasons behind this include improving the co-op mode, as …

An early look at the performance of DirectX 12 games on PC suggests that while AMD users will see some dramatic gains, the story isn’t quite as rosy for Nvidia. AMD has been languishing behind Nvidia in terms of both performance and popularity for quite some time, but PC Perspective …

The co-founder of Platinum Games has said that one of his key aspirations for Scalebound is for it to increase the overall appeal of Xbox One. To achieve this, Hideki Kamiya has told Metro that he believes the title will really show off the potential of Microsoft’s machine. One thing …

Studio gets funds to finish upcoming title Nightmare Guardians