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Hyperkin’s Retron 5 console has found itself at the centre of an emulation code dispute. Game Politics reports that the company has been accused of stealing code from a number of open-source emulators including the SNES9x (SNES), FCEUMM/FCEUX (NES), VBA NEXT (Game Boy Advance), GenesisPlusGX (Mega Drive and assorted Sega …

First project to be part-funded by Creative England

Summit will focus on advanced Android programming techniques

Round of funding falls through as studio vows to stay independent

There are numerous exemptions to Luis Suarez’s four-month ban, but FIFA 15 doesn’t appear to be amongst them. The former Liverpool striker was banned from all football-related activity” for four months after seemingly biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup over the summer, although of course this didn’t …

An array of talents make up the shortlist for this year’s Games Media Awards. Taking place on the evening of October 15th at the Bloomsbury Ballroom, the Games Media Awards celebrate the best in writing about games and coverage of interactive entertainment – across the written word, audio, and video, …

Bungie’s Destiny was among the big-name games forced offline over the weekend, with a group of online pranksters claiming responsibility. It’s the second time that Lizard Squad has claimed responsibility for the pair’s servers being down. We don’t know for sure if it really is their work, but Bungie at …

PS3’s social platform to close on March 31st next year

There’s being No.1, and then there’s owning No.1. It’s no surprise that EA’s FIFA 15 is the new UK No.1, but the extent of its weekly dominance is incredible – UKIE Gfk Chart-Track says that the game accounted for 87 per cent of the UK’s total weekly market revenue and …