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Epic Games gives $50,000 to architectural visualisation project and smaller games studios

Senior recruiter Felix Hock explains what the developer looks for when hiring new staff

UK and European Nintendo owners are now able to redeem their ill-fated Stars to claim free games. Nintendo announced the planned closure of Club Nintendo earlier this year, bringing with it the end of its existing loyalty program. Any unused Stars that users have accrued will be lost by the …

Arty Rajendra, partner at Rouse Legal, discusses the legalities around key stripping and the impact it is having on the games business The market for digital downloads increases year-on-year, yet there remains a healthy market for the boxed products. Why is this and should gaming companies continue to invest heavily …

It appears that rumours of trouble in the Metal Gear Solid camp are real. Konami has confirmed via an official translation that it does plan on releasing further Metal Gear games post September’s Phantom Pain, and that it is hiring new developers for the project. Ominously, however, it only confirms …

Tech to power number of new titles including upcoming mobile RPG

Developer hiring production staff for next chapter of flagship franchise ahead of Hideo Kojima’s expected departure

Xbox boss Phil Spencer has confirmed that whatever it is Rare may be working on, it isn’t a new Conker game. However, Project Spark developer Team Dakota is working on a Conker Build Pack featuring assets that players can use to create their own Conker content and has also developed …

Key Metal Gear Solid V developers expected to leave in December

Support for racing game set to continue despite redundancies