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Charles Cecil reveals the impact of the iPhone on the Broken Sword studio

Night-time and wet weather conditions will impact gameplay, studio promises

2K Games has released the first official trailer for the recently confirmed Mafia III. It’s being developed by new 2K studio Hangar 13, which is being led by Haden Blackman. The game takes place in New Orleans in 1968, and 2K promises to make the most of the period’s cultural …

Forza Motorsport 6 will be the biggest and most realistic entry in the series yet, says Turn 10 Studios content director John Wendl. Unveiled at Microsoft’s press event last night, the developer revealed that the series will now include night-time racing and wet weather conditions that significantly impact gameplay. This …

Activision says its new Skylanders game will compete with the likes of Hot Wheels and Corgi. Skylanders Superchargers introduces planes, cars, submarines and boats to the toys-to-life franchise, which will see it moveinto the ‘vehicle’ category of toys. It’s an important move, says VP of Skylanders Josh Taub, because it …

Broken Sword developer Revolution is celebrating its 25th birthday at Gamescom, but it almost didn’t make it this far. Founder and industry luminary Charles Cecil says that working with publishers and retailers forced the firm to borrow money to survive, and that it was Apple’s decision to enter the games …

Rapidly-rising UK games publisher Team17 says it is on course to double its revenue in 2015. The firm has just helped indie hit The Escapists pass $10m and almost 1m in unit sales. It also recently signed Yooka-Laylee, the new platformer from former Rare developers, and is creating two new …

Space sim Elite Dangerous has announced what effectively sounds like a Season Pass for a range of upcoming content. The whole package is called Horizons and the star feature is the Planetary Landings bundle, which for the first time, provides players with the chance to explore a planet’s surface for …

It’s no secret that Greece has struggled financially in recent years but, despite the tough market, the country’s local games industry is managing to achieve growth. Research outlet PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) believes that in the five years between 2013 and 2018, Greece’s video games market will experience a compound average growth …

Four former BioWare staffers have got together to try and crowdfund a story-driven RPG with combat inspired by the Dark Souls series. Mooncrest is hoping to raise $400k, of which it has currently had $18k pledged. The single-player adventure promises branching dialogue and character development and real-time combat that studio …