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The owner of national tabloid The Sun has made its first move into the pro-gaming sector by backing eSports organisation Gfinity for the next two years. The collaboration with News UK and Ireland Ltd marks the first major media deal for Gfinity, and is said to have enabled the firm …

It is claimed that EA has sent out a survey that reveals a number of details about the yet-to-be detailed Mass Effect 4. It may seem implausible that EA would reveal such information in a survey but, as GameSpot points out, it did exactly that in the build up to …

Mobile games giant adopts ‘fewer, bigger, bolder’ strategy to generate billions per year

Pastor Creflo Dollar, an American TV religious evangelist, has accused Pokemon of encouraging children to become gay. Dollar, according to Wikipedia, is the founder of Georgia’s non-denominational World Changers Church International. As spotted by GamePolitics, the finger was pointed at the Pokemon franchise in a report from French site Christian …

Devs can now explore how episodic stealth game makes the most of Unity 5

Content marketplace and showcase includes indie games expo, private pitch meetings and workshop conference sessions

There are just over three weeks to go until Interface, the brand new pitching and content event for the games business. Taking place on May 14that the Candid Arts Trust near Angel tube in central London, Interface is brought to you by the teams behind Develop and MCV. Starting today, …

So, you’ve seen our stories and updates: Interface is coming on May 14th. We’ve got lots of businesses signed up, and will have influential speakers for workshops, great new games on show and publishers ready to sign new titles. But if you haven’t got a completely clear picture of what …

Greg M. Mitchell follows popular franchise to new Microsoft studio

Newzoo and Octoly’s monthly YouTube Game Franchises table sees Minecraft once again bossing the world of video games content on the video channel. Its 3.93bn views, however, represent a decline in the share of the overall video games audience. Having stood at 40 per cent in February it is this …