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The man who founded 4chan over a decade ago has announced plans to leave the site. The site, users of which were central to the planning and execution of last year’s GamerGate hate campaign, has over its 11 years to date hosted over 2bn posts and delivered over 42bn page …

Former Kabam exec and Cover Fire CEO Chris Ko joins advisory board

Blackberry CEO John Chen has tried to argue that President Obama’s recent net neutrality rulings should have wider implications for the technology sector. Specifically, in a bizarre open letter Chen has claimed that as well as having an open internet, we should also have open platforms – meaning he believes …

Get a job at the TerraTech developer in London

Nvidia has revealed the next card in its hugely popular -60 series. The GTX 960 is said to be designed as an upgrade route for users of the firm’s GTX 660 GPU, which is among the outlet’s biggest-selling mid-range cards. The -60 series as a whole – 560, 660 and …

'In general, bolder ideas don’t get through the process unless they originate at the top'

Angry Birds creator Rovio is to publish a range of books aimed at young adults. The Guardian reports that the Finnish company will kick off the crusade with Mintie Das’ The Sinking World which, as with other upcoming books in the line (there are currently 12 planned), has a piratical …

Alex Gouldman’s time as an intern for industry charity GamesAid is shortly coming to a close. Here he tells us about his first steps into the games industry, and what he has learnt since he joined the charity last year. GamesAid is a fantastic organisation that seeks to harness the …

Loxley Royalties Management's Dave Noble talks game-makers through the process of finding out whether they are owed money from their game sales

2015 looks set to be a big year for the UK games industry, filled with exciting brand new IP and sequels to widely-loved franchises. Having previously explored the 36 things we think should be on your radar – including the arrival of VR, the coming of age for streaming and …