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Mad Fellows, Mechabit, Pixel Squad, Tickity Boom, Oceloid, RetroFist, Total Monkery and Close Quarter Games to get support with game development

Deep Silver has confirmed a 2016 release for Homefront: The Revolution, which represents a delay to the title. The game was announced in June of last year as CryTek developed title published by Deep Silver, due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC in 2015. The following month, however, the …

New branch could open next month and aims to hire up to ten employees

We ask developers to define the term, and whether it has lost any meaning in games

New city-building title Cities: Skylines has got off to a towering start on Steam. The game, published by Paradox Interactive and developed by Colossal Order, sold 250,000 copies (including pre-orders) across PC, Mac and Linux in its first 24 on sale after its release on Tuesday. The title is seen …

Yes, there’s another Angry Birds game – Angry Birds Stella Pop has been released on iOS and Android. The game borrows branding and characters from 2014 release Angry Birds Stella, but also ties up with Outplay Entertainment’s Pop series to provide a branded bubble popping puzzle experience. We wanted Stella …

BBC talent show to scour the country for programming talent

Carbon Games title AirMech Arena will be released on next-gen consoles, publisher Ubisoft has confirmed. The game sees players controlling one of nine transforming robots tasked with both defending their own base and taking control of their opponents’. In truth it sounds a lot like a MOBA, although it is …

Show to tell the story of the development and early days of blockbuster game franchise

GDC saw Valve’s PC-meets-console range of devices, the Steam Machines, burst back onto the scene. We run down the 15 different hardware partners set to bring their boxes to market later this year SYBER Price: $500 to $1,400 (332 to 929) Syber is a side division of previous Steam Machine …