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One of the key people behind the DDoS attacks on Xbox Live and PSN last December has escaped jail. The Daily Dot reports that 17 year-old Julius ‘Zeekill’ Kivimakihas received a two year suspended sentence from a Finnish court. He was found guilty of data breaches, felony payment fraud and …

We round up everything you need to know about this year’s conference, including the hottest sessions and networking events

UK firm plans to expand its offerings and global reach

It’s pretty easy to surmise what game may have proved the inspiration for the latest Dragon Quest title. More or less nothing is known about the freshly revealed Dragon Quest Builders aside from what can be found on the Japanese website. Kotaku reports that the block building RPG” will allow …

Just one week remains until the Develop Awards, which honours the best companies that the game development sector has to offer. We will also find out which firm our panel of judges has deemed the best publisher with eight companies vying for this prize. 505 Games, Chillingo, Curve, Deep Silver, …

Studio to expand teams and release its own HTML5 dev tools

EA has appointed recent recruit Samantha Ryan as the new head of its EA Mobile division. Ryan joined the publisher in March 2015 as senior VP and group GM. But following the recentdeparture of long-time EA servant Frank Gibeauin May, she has named be named as his replacement. Prior to …

A live-action movie based on Keiji Inafune’s Kickstarter game Mighty No.9 has been revealed to be in development. Legendary Digital Media and Contradiction Films – the firms who brought us fellow video game series Dead Rising to the silver screen – are handling the Mighty No.9 flick. Mighty No.9 is …

Psyonix’s new racer Rocket League arrived on PS and PS4 yesterday, and the developer has said the first DLC is almost ready to roll out. The game is already second in Steam’s Top Sellers charts. Couple this with its availability for free to PlayStation Plus members and perhaps the fact …

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