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Developer Firaxis has confirmed a release date for Sid Meier’s Starships. The game will be released on PC, Mac and iPad on March 12th, PC Gamer reports. It has a US price of $15, with the UK price having yet to be announced. The game, announced last month, is being …

We discuss the future of indie developers, the rise of indie publishers and provide an in-depth guide to next week's conference

The changes at Telltale Games are continuing with confirmation that John Riccitiello has joined the company’s board of directors. Riccitiello is the current CEO of Unity and has twice been the boss of EA, with his second tenure ending in early 2013. Telltale has created something entirely new,” Riccitiello said. …

Steam has surpassed 125 million active users and is home to more than 4,500 games, Valve has announced. The figure is a dramatic rise from the 100m users announced in September 2014, meaning the digital store has been picking up some 5m users each month. Fresh figures from the Steam …

Warner’s upcoming Batman: Arkham Knight looks to be the most violent in the series to date. IGN reports that the fourth instalment in the series is the first to be given an M (Mature) rating by US board the ESRB. Previous games have been rated T (Teen). "From our point …

Scottish performance capture firm teases key features of latest release

Confirmed speakers include Jiggery Pokery’s Matthew Wiggins, Bossa Studios’ Ric Moore, Monster and Monster’s Dan Griffiths

We look at some of the more progressive talks that will be held at next week's conference

Indie publisher hiring former PR and journalist as publishing director

Premier PR’s Simon Byron is leaving the company to make the jump into publishing. The former journalist turned PR guru will in July join UK studio Curve Digital, which now claims to be the largest publisher of indie games on consoles in the world, as publishing director. I’ve been very …