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There’s no doubt that video games talent runs in the Woolley family – both Charlotte and her twin sister Catherine made it into the Top 100 Women in Games. For Charlotte, her career as a passionate tester began just under five years ago at Testology. As she puts it: My …

An early look at Microsoft’s DirectX 12 graphics API has shown that AMD graphics cards – and potentially Xbox One – could be in line for a significant performance boost. An analysis over at Anandtech shows that AMD’s flagship R9 290X GPU enjoyed a near 600 per cent boost from …

Team17's Debbie Bestwick on why adding new skills can help keep you at the forefront of new trends

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