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League of Legends creators Riot Games has invested in media and tech company Curse. Curse is best known for its wiki engine Gamepedia but also runs a number of recognisable fan sites including Hearthpwn and Futhead. Between them this portfolio attracts some 28m monthly visitors and over 1bn page views. …

Tim and Chris Stamper will be jointly named as this year’s Development Legends at the Develop Industry Excellence Awards on the night of July 15th. The video games icons join an elite few who have picked up the prestigious accolade over the years. Previous recipients include the likes of Mark …

It’s back. It’s heading to PS4. And it could arrive this year. But the cancellation of The Last Guardian was most certainly a possibility. That’s according to Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida who has told the latest issue of Edge, as reported by Videogamer, that it was the vocal …

Tim and Chris Stamper, co-founders of Rare and with a legacy of over 100 classic games, honoured at big night for games developers in two weeks' time

It has $84m+ in the bank, but there’s still no indication of when Star Citizen will actually be released – and now one component of the title has been delayed indefinitely. In the latest complication to trouble the space sim, RSI boss Chris Roberts has admitted that the game’s first …

Sales of Sony’s Vita handheld shot up in Japan last week as Atlus’ Persona 4: Dancing All Night hit stores. That’s according to data provided by Famitsu which says that hardware sales rose 107 per cent week-on-week, from 11,153 units to 23,119. And the Persona 4 dancing simulator spin-off debuted …

YouTube has rolled out its 60 frames per second video support to its iOS and Android apps. The video giant debuted 60fps video last summer with a short of Battlefield: Hardline. It was then rolled out across its website in October. This new change for smartphone and tablet apps is …

Industry backs VR for long-term success, but majority aren't making games for tech

University of the West of England team take home Unity Licences, while NHTV student secures Guerrilla Games contract

MAG Interactive has acquired Brighton studio Delinquent. The Swedish company had previously invested in the start-up in January to help fund development of its first mobile title, Potion Pop. Delinquent was formed by former PopCap senior game designer David Bishop, Relentless co-founder David Amor and investor Chris Lee. It houses …