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Almost three-quarters of social network's iPad users play games regularly

Team behind crowd-funding sci-fi title spread across the world

New studio working on the biggest crowd-funded game IP in history. And it's hiring.

David Braben has been appointed OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. TheBBCreports that the honour was given for his services to the UK’s game and computer industries. Braben, who runs UK developer Frontier, co-created space sim Elite with Ian Bell in 1984, which went on to win huge critical …

Last night’s series four finale of Game of Thrones has set a new record for illegal downloads. The tenth episode of the highly popular TV series was downloaded by over 1.5 million file sharers in the 12 hours following its transmission on American screens on Sunday night, according toTorrent Freak. …

The door has been opened for a possible acquisition of Japanese publisher and developer Capcom. That’s one interpretation of the news that in its most recent investor meeting Capcom chose not to renew a ‘takeover defence plan’ that was first implemented in 2008. The measures were designed to stop a …

Chris Jurney to work on game prototypes

The exclusive content offered to PS4 and PS3 owners who play Bungie’s Destiny has been listed. At launch, PS4 and PS3 owners will get exclusive access to a unique co-op Strike located on Mars, an exclusive competitive map, and a slew of exclusive guns, gear, and ships,” PlayStation Blog reports. …

Engine firm working on full support for virtual reality headset Project Morpheus

After strong 2013 incentives are now expected to generate and safeguard £450m worth of investment expenditure by UK studios