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Playtonic's platformer on track to be one of the highest UK crowdfunded games ever

Gavin Price is feeling nervous. The creative director and studio head at Playtonic Games is about to debut his first project on Kickstarter. He and five other senior veterans from acclaimed UK developer Rare have banded together to launch a new studio which aims to take gamers back to 1996, …

Since it started releasing games for PlayStation platforms in 2010, Brighton-based indie developer FuturLab had been publishing its own titles. This included the Velocity series of shoot-em-ups, as well as the Surge and Coconut Dodge games. But in February of this year, the developer announced it was turning to Activision’s …

Valve has released this year’s Digital Compendium ahead of the Dota 2 International eSports tournament. 25 per cent of the Compendium’s $9.99 cost is added to the tournament’s overall prize pool. Furthermore, the more people who buy the Compendium the more content is unlocked for all owners. The kitty currently …

The first official details on the PC version of Hidetaka ‘Swery65′ Suehiro’s D4: Dark Dreams Don’t Die have been revealed by developer Access Games. There have been quite a few changes from the Xbox One version, not least of which is the removal of Kinect controls and the addition of …

That might read like an odd headline when you consider we’ve just launched indie game month and we have an entire event dedicated to this audience in just two weeks. But, does anyone know what the term ‘indie game’ is supposed to represent anymore? Independence has been a constant theme …

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Creative England's Jaspal Sohal offers advice on grabbing attention when pitching your game

Former King man and Candy Crush mastermind Tommy Palm thinks VR is not only nearly upon us, but is destined to become a mass-market proposition. One of the most important takeaways from massively popular mobile games like Candy Crush Saga, is that the majority of all gamers span across many …

Special recruitment guide will be included in June issue and heading to E3, putting your vacancies in front of thousands of job-seekers