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Research firm Ipsos MediaCT has taken a look at who is playing video games and how they are doing it for the first quarter of 2014 in its latest Gametrack study. The data shows that France is the biggest nation of gamers out of those investigated. 58 per cent of …

Apple ‘s Q3 report has seen it beat earnings expectations but fall short of predicted iPhone and iPad sales. While the firm beat its earnings expectations, with its profit rising to $7.7bn its iPhone sales came in below the 37m expectation at 35.2m. This is, however, 13 per cent higher …

EA in its last quarter generated 51 per cent more profit year-on-year on the back of impressive sales across its console and mobile operations. Net GAAP income rose to $335m (196.5m) for the quarter ending June 30th, up from $222m the year prior.Revenues also grew from $949m to $1.2bn during …

Confusion has surrounded yesterday’s release of the Dark Souls 2 Crown Trilogy DLC. The first part of the trio, The Crown of the Sunken King, was released on PC and Xbox 360 yesterday with a PS3 release due to follow today. However, while a 19.99 season pass is available on …

A new League of Legends video called A New Dawn has racked up close to 5m views in just a single day. It features a number of characters from the hit MOBA using powers that players of the game will recognise. The video’s official description states: Day breaks over a …

When Big Fish Games shifted towards casino games, the man behind one of its most successful franchises branched out on his own. Develop finds out more

Battlefield Hardline and Dragon Age: Inquisition delayed

Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has suspended funding for the controversial STALKER successor Areal. Things appeared to be going wrong for developer West Games earlier this week when a string of bizarre events and unusual pledges mysteriously propelled it towards its funding goal. Our Kickstarter was suspended without any warning,” the studio …

Tech based on OpenFL Framework and Haxe

Warwickshire event backing industry's favourite night out, returning to Leamington this October