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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

Bioware has announced its episodic, co-operative PC game Shadow Realms is no longer in development. Bioware Austin general manager Jeff Hickman confirmed the cancellation of the game today in an update on Shadow Realms’ official site. "While the team did amazing work on the game concept and we got lots …

Evolve players will have to endure a 3GB day-one patch when the game launches later this week, developer Turtle Rock has announced. The game’s official site has word of the sizable mandatory update hitting all platforms as soon as the title goes on sale. The patch improves load times in …

Knowles is one of the driving forces behind British entertainment outlet Mind Candy, and at the forefront of the company’s transformation from a small start-up based to the global powerhouse behind kids phenomenon Moshi Monsters. Knowles currently serves as president of Mind Candy, sitting on the board of directors. She …