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New data from Superdata shows that the eSports market currently boasts an audience of 134m, with the business generating $612m. Games Industry points to a new report from the research firm, which points to the accelerated growth of Western markets as a major factor for the market’s continued emergence. North …

Xbox One users will be able to DVR television shows later this year, according to a new report. Tech blogger Paul Thurrott originally reported that his sources confirmed Microsoft would offer a replacement for Windows Media Center on Windows 10 that would include a new playback feature. Windows Media Center …

Bungie has applied for a trademark relating to something called The Taken King,” according to a US Patent and Trademark Office filing unearthed today. Polygon reports on the discovery, pointing to evidence that the downloadable video games” trademark could be related to Destiny. The logo attached to the filing is …

Mobile firm plots savings of $100m

Tips on creating assets in The Game Creators' dev tool

How to use The Game Creators' new tool aimed at hobbyists and smaller commercially-minded studios

A series of quick guides to starting a Spriter project from scratch

EA anticipates 22m Xbox One and PS4 consoles will be sold during 2015. To date, thePS4 has sold 22.3m unitsworldwide, with2m of those sales in the UK. As of November 2014, Microsoft announced it had shipped 10m Xbox One consoles globally. According to EA, 27 million new-gen consoles had been …

Sony will not host a press conference at this year’s Gamescom. GameSpot reports that the platform holder will instead host a press briefing at Paris Games Week in October. We’re delighted to announce that we will be hosting an international media briefing at Paris Games Week on 27th October,” the …

Dave Luehmann joins Dallas studio as VP of production