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Playing League of Legends in the US and Canada could soon be a smoother experience with the roll out of a dedicated network for the game in the region. Developer Riot says it is already talking to ISPs about improving the game’s online performance and reducing ping. Currently, ISPs focus …

Level 5’s insanely popular Yokai Watch series continues to rule the Japanese charts, according to market data provided by Famitsu. A new version of Yokai Watch 2, Shinuchi, topped the charts selling 265,226 units. This is the game’s third week in the charts, and is a considerable reduction on the …

We speak to Morla Gorrondona about her journey into voice acting and working with Bungie on last year’s smash hit new IP

Cryptic Comet’s Vic Davis is leaving digital development to focus on creating board games. The developer, who has worked on strategic turn-based titles such as Solium Infernum and Armageddon Empires, said it was becoming increasingly difficult to sell games directly through his website. He added that he felt his programming …

The Xbox division at Microsoft is currently hiring for a senior software engineer, but what they will be working on remains "top secret". "You may not know what your new project is until you’ve accepted an offer," thejob listingreads. The only clue as to what this team will be working …

All-knowing? All-powerful? Prove it at the first Develop Quiz of 2015

New Year, New Job 2015: Annual competition returns as part of agency's Grads In Games initiative

It hasn’t yet got a release date in the UK, but the New 3DS is available to buy for some punters in the UK right now. Nintendo Life reports that some Club Nintendo members in the UK are being emailed with the chance to buy what is being called a …

New Year, New Job 2015: Recruitment manager Stuart Godfrey on what the developer can offer prospective employees

Senior software engineer needed to "push the envelope of today's and tomorrow's technology'