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Sega Hardlight’s Lee Winder and Tom Gaulton discuss the challenges facing a new generation of programmers

Texas-based studio now able to make sequels to Nintendo DS horror FPS series

The PlayStation business may be buoyant, but significant struggles in the mobile sector are causing havoc with Sony’s financials. For the full year ending March 2015 Sony now expects full year losses to reach 230bn (1.3bn). That’s nearly five times greater than its previous estimate of 50bn (286m). It’s the …

‘I am convinced competitive gaming will emerge on mobile,’ says CEO

Rust creator says Microsoft wouldn't "pay a shitload of money for it and then completely fuck it up"

Studio could lose out on further bonuses dependent on sales

Women now account for a bigger share of the UK games market than males. That’s according to the Internet Advertising Bureau UK (IAB) whose recent survey discovered that females account for 52 per cent of those who’ve played some form of video games in the last six months. That number …

Re-Logic is looking to bring its popular indie acton adventure sandbox title Terraria to Mac and Linux platforms, the developer has revealed. A post on the game’s official site announces that the team is currently exploring the possibility of ports that will be compatible with existing data – such as …

2K Sports has announced WWE 2K15 will arrive later than expected for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms, with the current-gen console versions now due out in November. The title will now arrive on Sony and Microsoft’s latest hardware on November 18th, rather than its previous launch date of October …

Bungie is likely to miss out on a Quality Bonus” totaling $2.5m over inadequate review scores for Destiny, according to a new report. Kotaku points to a clause in the 10-year contract Bungie signed with Activision in 2010 that states the first Destiny title would need a score of 90 …