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UK and Bulgarian offices affected by latest of studio's financial troubles

Continuing our round-up of this year's potential winners, we look at some of the great work developers have down with third-party brands in the last year

Developers, middleware technologies and content creators rally behind Unreal Engine 4

Anti-cheat system Punkbuster has incorrectly banned some innocent players of Battlefield 3. The third party software is designed to automatically identify players who are cheating and ban them automatically. As the software isn’t owned or operated by EA, overturning the bans is proving tricky. We are investigating an issue of …

Studio formed by former Zynga devs now working alongside Dance Central team

Tokyo-based indie Friend & Foe founded by Rui Guerreiro

John Broomhall talks with Evolution Studios’ audio manager Alan McDermott about the PS4 racer

The Explorer Edition of Google Glass has gone on sale in the UK. Customers wanting to get their hands on the wearable tech can now purchase it for 1,000 fromthe Google Play store, with shipping estimated to be between one and two days. The eyewear is available in Cotton, Charcoal, …

The problems that have beset Battlefield 4 since launch will not be repeated when Battlefield Hardline arrives. That’s the pledge of Visceral Entertainment’s lead multiplayer designer Thad Sasser, who has told PSLifestyle – as reported by CVG – that the issue is a top priority for the studio. "A lot …

59 per cent of all UK development studios employ four staff or less, according to a Tiga survey. The report claimed the total number of studios in the UK increased from 448 to 620 in 2013, up by 38 per cent. It noted that while in 2012 the number of …