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Games retail superpower GameStop has broadened its reach with the acquisition of Geeknet. GameStop has acquired all of the ThinkGeek owner’s common stock for $20 per share. As recently as May 22nd it was trading at $7.90 per share, but had in recent days shot up to just under $20. …

Studio is merely "concentrating on Dying Light" and has "taken the pressure away" from first-person fantasy title

The upcoming NX console will not use Google’s Android operating system, the company has said. There is no truth to the report saying that we are planning to adopt Android for NX,” a spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal. A report from Japanese news source Nikkei said yesterday that the …

First person RPG Hellraid has not been scrapped, its developer Techland has asserted. The studio last month said that the game in its current shape and form, is not meeting our own expectations for this project” and that we decided the best course of action would be to send it …

Alacrity Falmouth student Chris Nobbs on building his own game studio, Polygrammatic

Apprenticeships and Level 3 Diploma in Games, Animation and VFX detailed

Sony has launched a UK version of its PlayStation Gear store. Until recently the Gear store had only shipped to the US and Canada, but the new site accepts sterling transaction and ships within the UK. Items up for sale include an Original PlayStation Wallet (16.99), Original PlayStation iPhone 5 …

The Bloxels team on how it plans to make game creation accessible to children

Las Vegas will this year play host to GameStop’s annual consumer expo in the US. Having last year taken place in California, GameStop Expo 2015 will take place at the Sands Expo and Convention Center on September 2nd. Confirmed attendees include Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, Activision, EA, Warner and Take-Two. In …

Andrey ‘Reynad’ Yanyuk’s eSports team Tempo Storm is branching out into animated comedy. The Hearthstone collective has announced a series called The Inn Crowd by Polish animator Wojciech Gorny, who is a member of YouTube comedy channel MaxFloRec. It will star cartoon versions of not only Reynad but also Tempo …