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Six years on from the release of Angry Birds, Angry Birds 2 has at last arrived on smartphones. It’s far from the first sequel, of course. In fact, Angry Birds 2 is the 15th game in the series, following the likes of Seasons, Space, Star Wars, Rio, Stella, Transformers and …

Tobii offering support for devleopers that uses its tech in PC games

Despite its relative youth, Serbia’s games industry is quickly growing into an important presence on the worldwide stage. According to research outlet Newzoo, Serbia is the 60th biggest games market in terms of revenue worldwide. The country generated $46.7 million (30.1m) in games revenue last year. The Serbian games market …

In this week’s MCV we speak to EA COO Peter Moore about its performance at this year’s E3 and its attempts to win over the firm’s numerous critics. We also speak to Telltale Games about the firm’s attempts to give the blockbuster Minecraft a story, whileKoelnmesse’s Tim Endres explains what …

Sales more than double of its predecessor Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars

Spectators of the upcoming Intel Extreme Masters tournaments at Gamescom will now see the action from their favourite player’s point of view within minutes of the match ending, thanks to Plays.tv. The video-capture and sharing platform has partnered with ESL to have their technology installed on every computer players compete …

There have been two new additions to event firm Multiplay’s senior management team. Andy Smith joins as director of events with a wealth of experience in the sector, having managed a variety of events at the Ricoh Arena, where Multiplay events are held. He was also general manager for Compass …

Artists can share Substances, smart materials, meshes and shaders through browser

Develop Award winner will bring record-breaking Kickstarter hit to retail

Sony has revealed some impressive PS4 sales numbers for its most recent financial quarter. PS4 sold 3m units in the three months ending June 30th, representing 11 per cent year-on-year growth. Perhaps more importantly, that number is more than double the 1.4m combined sales of Xbox One and Xbox 360 …