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Success of RPG fuels CI Games other blockbuster projects

There’s another streaming games service on the way, this time from Nvidia. It’s called Grid and it will be offered free to owners of Nvidia’s Shield handheld and tablet from November 18th through to June 30th 2015. The company claims to have built a grid – get it? – of …

This year’s London Games Conference on November 19th will have a number of high profile speakers from around the games industry sharing their knowledge. Google’s Rupert Whitehead talks about the importance of educating development studios big and small about marketing campaigns. For the unaware, who are you and what do …

GAME Digital has reported a 17 per cent increase in group revenue for the quarter ending October 25th. The retailer claims to have grown its market share across hardware, software and digital in both the UK and Spain, with digital receipts up 49 per cent year-on-year. 150k GAME App registrations …

Mind Candy Brighton studio head Mark Knowles Lee on experimenting with new ideas

Smartphone hit Monument Valley has been hit with a number of one-star user reviews following the release of a 1.49 expansion pack. The fee for the content is payable on top of the game’s standard 2.49 asking price, and it appears that some users resent having to pay additional money …

US console sales triple in week beginning November 2nd thanks to price cuts and new releases

Polish developer CI Games says that it has two more triple-A projects in development having been spurred on by the success of The Lords of the Fallen. The game had, as of last week, sold in the region of 200,000 copies since its launch at the end of October, according …

Ustwo expresses sadness to reaction from players

Last chance to submit suggestions for this year's list of up-and-coming games development talent