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Former Epic boss spending one week per month working at popular engine firm

Former Apple exec Matt Connors to lead optimisation tools firm

Dictionary.com has added a number of gaming and technology centric words to its listings. Chief among them is ‘esports’, which the site describes simply as competitive tournaments of video games”. Also on the list are ‘permadeath’ (the permanent death of a defeated character, after which the player of the game …

New Develop columnist and Superdata CEO Joost van Dreunen discusses changes in the mobile market

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Auction site eBay is removing listings for PS4s that have Konami’s now-gone horror demo PT installed on their hard drive. Konami late last month announced plans to remove the demo from PSN following its announcement of the cancellation of the game on which it was based – Guillermo del Torro’s …

Whatever you think the future holds for the increasingly busy toys-to-life category, Amiibo continues to be a big success for Nintendo. The platform holder has revealed that it has now shipped 10.5m of the NFC-enabled figures worldwide. Furthermore, 7m of those – around 66 per cent – have been sent …

Sony has announced it will produce a second season of the PlayStation Network original TV series Powers. Season Two of the company’s first original television program is scheduled for a US premiere in 2016. "The reception to Powers has been incredible and we are thrilled to have successfully launched a …

Halo: The Master Chief Collection has turned into a black eye for all those involved with the FPS series, according to Halo franchise director Frank O’Connor. In an interview with Xbox Achievements, O’Connor explained the difficulty of developing a product with the complexity of Master Chief Collection. Halo: The Master …

Research firm Juniper projects worldwide digital content revenue will reach $154bn annually by 2019, with gaming expected to represent the largest share of that total. Games Industry has word on a portion of Juniper’s findings from its Digital Content Business Models: OTT & Operator Strategies 2015-2019 report, which shows gaming …