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Klaas Kersting backs mobile game developer

Famed developer Peter Molyneux is calling on his peers to test his next game. Speaking at last night’s Guildford G3 Expo the 22cans founder suggested various ways in which the community could collaborate, and is even putting his next project out there as a guinea pig. "One of the biggest …

Nintendo’s next home console is currently pencilled in for a release in July 2016, an Asian news report has claimed. Taiwanese site DigiTimes reckons Foxconn has grabbed the manufacturing rights for the machine, although rival Pegatron is also pitching for some of the work. Furthermore, supply partners have been asked …

Sources claim publisher believed game was ready to ship despite performance issues

Fast delivery, video streaming – and now there’s another reason for Amazon customers to sign up to the expensive Prime membership scheme. Destructoid reports that Amazon has begun offering Prime-exclusive discounts on a number of products, including video games. Qualifying items carry the message: "Members of Amazon Prime qualify for …

'I know my games would be better if they had experienced eyes looking at them'

A new iOS title is replacing microtransactions with social interations. Developed by Fuzzy Face Games, Tweechi is a so-called ‘next-generation virtual pet’, a la Tamagotchi, exclusive to iPhone. Like so many mobile titles, the upcoming app features in-game virtual currency, which players can use to buy treats, toy and minigames …

Next-gen console fever has yet to infect Chinese gamers, it seems. Games Industry reports that numbers from analyst Niko Partners suggest that between them PS4 and Xbox One will by the end of the year reach a combined unit sales number of just 550k. The Chinese government lifted the ban …

Mobile studio hopes to reach expanded headcount within three years thanks to government backing