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Have you booked your place yet? Ceremony takes place on November 13th

Founder Alexandre Kikuchi explains why developers may want to head to Brazil

Techland has abandoned the last-gen versions of upcoming first person zombie slasher Dying Light. The studio says that it was dissatisfied with its inability to implement a number of its more advanced techs – such as physics-based lighting and high numbers of on-screen objects – on older hardware. We spent …

The ongoing problems with DriveClub and SingStar have now been compounded with several issues affecting PS4 owners who have downloaded the 2.00 firmware update. We are aware of issues reported by some PS4 users following the release of PS4’s latest system software update, v2.00,” Sony told MCV. We are investigating …

Studios will battle for the coveted Develop Quiz trophy tomorrow

Intel Developer Blog: How the Intel XDK helps you create your app and get it to market

The London Games Conference is less than four weeks away. The schedule is nailed down and the delegate list is filling up. Make sure you book your place at the event on Wednesday 19th November. Here are eight reasons why you should come along to the sixth London Games Conference… …

Sales of the Wii U in the half year ending September hit 1.12m – over double the 460k sold in the same period the year before. Wii U software sales grew from 6.3m units to 9.4m units. Lifetime sales of the Wii U, which Nintendo describes as enjoying improved sales …

Closing off Game Connection Asia Pacific (GCAP) 2014 is the annual awards night where the best of the best are celebrated and revelry closes off the event.

Electronic Arts has announced release dates in North America and Europe for Visceral Games’ cops and robbers take on the Battlefield franchise, Battlefield Hardline. The title will launch in March 2015, arriving in North America on March 17th and two days later in Europe on March 19th. It was originally …