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Harmonix has carved out a section of its office to house local indie studio Proletariat, the Cambridge-based studio has announced. Proletariat was founded by former members of Zynga Boston, following Zynga’s closing of the studio in late 2012. The studio was founded by five individuals and has since grown to …

Crysis and Cryengine maker Crytek has apparently been plagued with recent financial difficulties, as the company failed to make its most recent payroll at both its UK and Bulgarian offices. Eurogamer reports on the missed paydays, which follows an original article from German outlet GameStar claiming the studio was flirting …

A game artist who has worked on Sony’s troubled The Last Guardian since its inception is one of a gang of developers behind new indie studio Friend & Foe. The outfit is based in Tokyo and includes artist Rui Guerreiro, Ivar Dahlberg, Rasmus Deguchi, Thomas Lilja and Victor Santaquiteria. Between …

The Caped Crusader could be returning sooner than expected. Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham Knight was earlier this month delayed from its late 2014 release date to some time in 2015. Now a US Microsoft Store listing says that the game will in fact be released on February 24th in the US. …

In our first round-up of this year's Develop Awards finalists, we look at the best new properties developers have created

Sony has added some prices to its ongoing PlayStation Now streaming beta in North America. And the bad news is it seems like the service won’t be cheap. Kotaku reports that four hours’ access to Final Fantasy XIII-2 costs $4.99. Alternatively seven days costs $7.99, 30 days $14.99 and 90 …

Business manager Liz Prince explains why the recruitment agency is also next-gen

A monthly subscription will be needed to access Sky Go on games consoles in the near future. That’s according to a report from Digital Spy which claims that Sky is to revamp and rebrand the service as Sky Go Extra on July 29th, bringing with a 5 per month access …

Number of studios increased from 448 to 620 in 2013

2K Games has confirmed that the successor to Civilization Revolution will not be released on consoles. Civilization Revolution 2 will instead be released for iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch on July 2nd, with an Android release to follow at a later date. Civilization Revolution 2 is the first Civilization game …