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Rovio’s latest brand extension for its world-conquering Angry Birds franchise has arrived in the form of Angry Birds Transformers. The game deviates from the series’ standard design and sees players running sideways though stages blasting at precariously perched Deceptihogs in the distance. Then can then transform to speed out of …

The middleware firm’s Tony Waters ponders the opportunities the new tech presents

inXile Entertainment’s Chris Keenan discusses how his team broke new ground for Unity

Last night saw the industry gather once again gather to celebrate the Games Media Awards – and now you can check out some pictures of the proceedings. Among the biggest winners of the night were IGN UK, which won theinauguralGamers’ Choiceaward, voted for byconsumers, for its podcast, and OXM editor …

We consider Substance Painter’s move on reinventing the way artists work with 3D game assets

Developer Evolution has promised yet another update to PS4 racer Driveclub, although most players continue to report significant online issues with the game. However, the problems stem far beyond simply the volume of traffic on the game’s servers, director Paul Rustchynsky has admitted. We’ve got no limits to the amount …

Rejuvenated retailer GAME has reported strong revenue and profit growth for the year ending July 26th. Revenue was up 31 per cent to 861.8m year-on-year while gross profit jumped 20.5 per cent to 209.7m. Operating profit reached 24.8m, up from last year’s 3.3m loss, while profit from continuing operations was …

Every year, the Game Developers' Association of Australia honours the most innovative and extraordinary games to come out of the local developers.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will launch this coming February, according to a freshly added listing on the PlayStation Store. The listing reveals episodic content releases for the game are scheduled to kickoff on PlayStation platforms February 17th, 2015—though it’s a pretty sure bet PC and Xbox platforms will get the …

Apple has confirmed a pair of new devices in its iPad tablet line ahead of a product unveiling planned for later this week. 9to5mac reports Apple has made mention of the yet-to-be announced iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 in its recently released iOS 8.1 user guide. The images …