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Cross-platform tools firm invites devs to visit its booth at San Francisco expo

Free-to-play 3DS puzzle game Pokemon has been downloaded over 1m times, Nintendo has said. The game represents somewhat of a new direction for Nintendo. Although not the company’s first F2P game, it does more closely mirror some of the practices more common to smartphone titles such as pay-to-play time limiting …

Artificial intelligence used in military situations coming to Unity 5

Tool makes it easier for studios to manage and synchronise game data

Warner Bros has announced that there will also be a smartphone version of upcoming fighter Mortal Kombat X. Mortal Kombat X: Mobile is due out in April, although it’s not clear if it will arrive on April 14th alongside the console and PC release. It’s a very different beast to …

Animation tool will introduce RunTime and LiveAction functions to UE4 editor

Owlchemy Labs working on first-person job simulator for Vive VR

UK firm signs Ivent to its growing indie publishing business

A Dead or Alive tournament organiser has imposed a new set of suggested restrictions on the character costumes it will permit to be used at its events. Free Step Dodge says the move is designed to stop the over-sexualised design of many of the series’ characters detract from the gameplay …

The Open Gaming Alliance has predicted that while the PC gaming will continue to grow through 2019, the console and handheld markets will decline in value. The numbers were revealed in a preview of its upcoming seventh annual research report, which is compiled by DFC Intelligence and will be released …