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US publisher DMi Inc picks up franchise

1,800 Minecraft accounts have been compromised by hackers, with players’ emails and passwords leaked online. According to a report in German publicationHeise, as translated byThe Guardian, the private details of each user has been published online in plain-text format. This means that, potentially, others can now long into a player’s …

Graphics specialist Allegorithmic has published a free guide to this increasingly popular rendering technique. Check out the extract below

The biggest fighting game tournament in the world has outlined the titles that will feature in this year’s competition. Evo 2015 will kick off on July 17th in Las Vegas and will feature two as-of-yet unreleased titles – Mortal Kombat X and Tekken 7. Polygon reports that organiser Joey Cuellar …

Get a job at the Enlighten middleware team

Last year, QA specialist Justin Cutress moved from the UK to the Czech Republic so he could work at start-up mobile game company Cashplay. Here he tells us why you should move abroad for work if the chance arises. Having already spent over six years within games QA, whether that …

Although Apple patents are not exactly rare, one that would bring an element of physical control to smartphone gaming is certainly worth paying attention to. As spotted by Forbes, Apple’s ‘multi-function input device’ sees an iPhone’s home button magically pop out of the device’s casing to become a mini-joystick. Some …

Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchiand Pocket Monster Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire continue to be the best-sellers in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. The former shifted over 49,000 units, a decline of 34 per cent week-on-week, while combined sales of the latter dipped by 38 per cent. In total, all …

Account information published in plain-text format; currently unclear if more users affected

AI lead Rhys Lewis forms Squarehead Studios after years working in the US