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Dorian the Mage will set new ground when he debuts in BioWare’s Dragon Age: Inquisition on October 10th. BioWare writer David Gaider describes Dorian as the first fully gay character I’ve had the opportunity to write”, adding: It added an interesting dimension to his back story, considering he comes from …

Analytics firm DeltaDNA aims to help developers make their free-to-play games more engaging. That’s no easy feat, as anybody who’s dabbled in the F2P market will know. The DeltaDNA platform has been built to perform real-time analysis on hundreds of millions of game events as they happen. “The fundamental difference …

Helsinki-based studio brings in Rovio exec as VP of marketing and communications

One thing Nintendo is rarely accused of is having its finger on the pulse – but there’s a good reason for that. Essentially, it plays by its own rules, according to Nintendo’s legendary development boss Shigeru Miyamoto. Nintendo isn’t one simple element of an overall gaming industry,” he told The …

Ella Romanos opens up on the toll running your own studio can take

Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski is officially coming "out of retirement" and returning to game development. The former Epic game designer has been teasing his next project for some time, with suggestions the new title could be an arena shooter. Details on his new venture will be revealed within …

Fourth iteration of Epic's tech beats Unity, CryEngine and more

Details of new venture to be revealed in the next week

The most inventive new platforms, hardware and more that are driving games development forward

A new all-you-can-eat access service for Android console Ouya has caused consternation amongst developers. The company has unveiled a new All-Access Pass which for a one-off payment of $59.99 grants users access to over 800 games available for the platform. Ouya has stressed that this is not an annual subscription …