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Metacritic data has shown that Nintendo titles had the highest average review score in 2014. Games by the platform holder averaged 76.5 per cent with critics. That placed them ahead of Ubisoft in second (74.1%), EA in third (74.5% – see below for the reasoning behind that positioning), Sony in …

Marmalade offers insight on why Apple is pushing 64-bit support – and how the tools firm will help devs achieve this

One of the world’s most successful games writers, Pratchett began her career as a journalist for PC Zone before writing scripts for the likes of Mirror’s Edge, Thief, Heavenly Sword, Prince of Persia and for Codemasters’ Overlord series. Arguably her biggest achievement so far was in successful reinventing Lara Croft …

Shinra Technologies programme aims to help proven studios create something "ambitious and new"

UKIE is about to embark on a significant research project into London’s digital skills needs – an initiative that will be funded by the Mayor of London’s London Enterprise Panel. The trade body will partner with the Education Foundation think tank for the project, which will build on UKIE’s Next …

Aardvark Swift reveals how it helps graduates find their first big break in games development

Series creator believes working on franchise will help studio gain media attention

Captain Forever Remix developer Dean Tate on keeping the work/life balance

Developer renamed Daybreak Game Company; plans to bring games to Xbox One

Alice Rendell is a game designer with particular interest in concept, narrative and characters. Due to her love of storytelling and an immense fondness of video games, Alice decided to study Computer Game Design at the University of Wales, Newport, which lead to her first job as a game designer …