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Founder Reinout te Brake says applying for funds has become "almost a full-time job"

The acceleration of tablet power will broaden the market appeal of core game, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen has said. "What gets us the most excited is the power, the computing power, of mobile devices and the speed at which that’s growing," he told the 2015 Technology, Internet & Media Conference, …

Publisher's CFO Blake Jorgensen believes tablets could become more powerful than dedicated games devices

Publisher to fund development of two new titles

Like so many of the individuals in the Top 100 Women in Games, Sophia George’s games industry career was kicked into action by her outstanding work as a student. Stimulated by the inspiring games she explored while growing up, George wanted to work in the games industry from a young …

Valve opens virtual item economy to all Steam games

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog runs down the standout features in Intel's developer kit

The next set of character skins for indie combat game TowerFall will include a homage to Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian. If you keep up on gaming news she may seem familiar – her appearance is loosely based on feminist games critic Anita Sarkeesian,” the studio said of the character. …

Valve has rolled out the Steam Inventory Service in beta, allowing game developers the option to create in-game items that can be traded and sold throughout the greater Steam Marketplace. A post on Steam News details the pre-release launch of the new feature set: With this service, a game can …

Studio moves focus to Star Wars: The Old Republic