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Some owners of Elite: Dangerous who are unhappy with the recent ditching of the game’s offline mode are being offered refunds. However, the only customers who are eligible are those who pre-ordered the final game and have therefore not yet played it. Anyone who has already played the alpha or …

Five-point proposal outlines Prototype Fund, incubators and subsidies for training and exports

Veteran game devs launch Kickstarter for new point-and-click adventure Thimbleweed Park

Player count at its highest in years after launch of expansion

New title to be developed in the same way as Child of Light, Valiant Hearts and Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Yoshiki Okamoto has said that his future lies completely within the realm of mobile game development. The Street Fighter II creator left Capcom in the mid 2000s to found Forsaken Kingdom developer Game Republic. After that closed in 2011 he joined Mixi and subsequently created iOS hit Monster Strike. Not …

Word changed to 'Get' as firm plans to make it clearer that free-to-play games include in-app purchases

Social network's Rick Kelley offers advice to London Games Conference attendees

Free-to-play games are no longer listed as being ‘Free’ on the Apple App Store. Instead, apps such as Candy Crush Saga, Angry Birds Stella and Clash of Clans now have a ‘Get’ button, below which is the line ‘In-App Purchases’. Beyond confirming to Re/Code that the change has been made …

CFO says publisher will back pioneering tech if big hurdle overcome