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Facebook has officially completed its $2bn acquisition of Oculus. The shock deal wasfirst announced in late March. It includes $400m in cash and 23.1 million shares of Facebook common stock, valued at $1.6bn. A further $300m will also be offered depending on the achievement of certain milestones. A joint statement …

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Weekly prize draws reward those releasing Marmalade apps on Amazon Appstore

Develop talks to some that have already made the transition about the challenges and opportunities

Xbox One Kinect title Dance Central Spotlight has been dated and priced by Microsoft. The Harmonix developed game will arrive digitally in the US on September 2nd priced at just $9.99. For the money users will get ten tracks, with others available for additional cash – 50 DLC extras will …

There’s just two weeks left for Gamescom exhibitors and trade attendees to book their place in MCV’s daily magazine during the show. Last month, we announced an brand new partnership with Koelnmesse to produce the event’s first ever English-language daily magazine. But the deadline for bookings and getting involved is …

Voluntary Copyright Alert Programme begins next year

Online giant rescues Lyon-based studio and 13 employees

In case you missed it last week: The GMAs are back for 2014. And we need your nominations. There’s a raft of changes for this year, including all-new awards, a prize with a public vote and a new venue. The entry process has been improved too. We’ve now set it …

Ad analytics specialist Flurry has been acquired by web firm Yahoo. The BBC reports that the deal is worth in the region of 120m-175m, making it Yahoo’s most sizable acquisition since it swooped for blogging platform Tumblr in 2012. Flurry makes cash by collecting data on user behaviour and targeting …