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Sirvo’s puzzle title Threes has been named as Apple’s iOS game of the year, with 1337 & Senri’s Leo’s Fortune the runner up. A number of games are named in the platform holder’s Best Games list, including Monument Valley, 80 Days, Wayward Souls, Retry, Godus and Alone. Minecrat: Pocket Edition …

The Chinese Room, Inkle Studios and Italic Pig in the running for January awards ceremony

Apple will next release add a third, smaller variant of its iPhone 6 to its product roster, a report has claimed. PC Pro reports that supply chain sources” have told Taiwanese media that the model is likely to be called the iPhone 6S or 6 Mini, and accompanies rumours that …

The second instalment in Razer’s three-part eSports documentary has hit the web. This episode focuses on the world of Massive Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games, providing insight into the rise of Dota 2 and League of Legends. Part three will be released at 2pm on December 13th. All three parts …

We’re preparing a two-month recruitment blitz across both the magazine and the website

Minecraft studio limiting how much players will be able to spend in final version of next game

God of War creator working on arena-based shooter Drawn to Death

First title will be published by Electronic Arts

The creator of Katamari Damacy took to the PlayStation Experience stage this weekend to unveil his new title – Wattam. Hi. I’m Japanese, I guess,” a nervous looking, plastic-fork fiddling Keita Takahashi said, before explaining that the idea for this game came from when I was playing with my two-year-old …

In advance of next week's Paris GDC, we were offered the chance to interview a number of the key speakers. But rather than trot out the usual dry 'so why are you attending the conference spiel', we thought it was time for something different.