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New Year New Job 2015: Leading studios discuss how devs can improve their skills and advance their careers

Cryss Leonhart, community manager at online game company Aeria Games Europe, tells us the lessons he has learnt moving from journalism to indie development, and eventually, community management. A while back, I was ready to pony up close to 30k for three years of heavy drinking and occasionally studying (if …

If you’ve heard of Finnish developer Housemarque, it’s likely the result of sci-fi shoot-em-ups Resogun and Super Stardust. The firm has garnered a cult following over the years with its downloadable PSN titles. But in 2013 the firm reached its biggest audience yet. Resogun was a launch title for PS4 …

Epic Games adds support for crowdfunded microconsole

This week, we get ready to rumble with a new fight stick for the PS4 and experience Superhuman Hearing with Turtle Beach’s new headset Hori Real Arcade Pro 4 Kai Ahead of a year full of fighting game releases on the PS4, including Dead or Alive 5: Last Round and …

A range of in-app purchases in EA’s mobile titles will be used to collect for wildlife charity WWF over the next week. As part of the collaboration between EA Mobile and WWF, players of specific titles in EA’s mobile catalogue will be able to fundraise for specific animals and ecosystems …

Japanese smartphone developer Mobcast has purchased the rights to Q Entertainment’s Lumines and Meteos puzzle franchises. Furthermore – as reported by Siliconera– the Tokyo-based studio has already announced it is working on a new mobile entry of the Lumines series for both Android and iOS. Lumines creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi is …

The Witcher III dev hopes 16 free add-ons will dissuade trade-ins and piracy

Frontier founder says it's unclear how many employees will choose to relocate

Creating a wide range of characters is "more fun than the same generic bro and hot chick over and over again"