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The number of pre-E3 announcements this year means that most crystal balls are looking pretty foggy at the moment. With games such as Halo 5, Battlefield: Hardline, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Forza Horizon 2, Homefront 2, Mortal Kombat X and Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded already out and proud, …

Former members of BioShock team already working on first title, The Black Glove

Intel Developer Blog: How to decide on the right monetisation model for your game

New Launch Now option allows creators to go live at their convenience

Develop asks veteran devs how the sector can avoid stagnation after a recent resurgence of the genre

Book now to take advantage of lower ticket and table prices

Gerry Berkley has returned to HMV as head of games. He previously worked at the High Street retailer between 1992 and 1998 as computer games manager. Since then Berkley has had held roles at a number of other retailers, including Woolworths, Blockbuster and Virgin. He also worked at CentreSoft. Recently …

Apple’s Design Awards have recognised three of the year’s most notable iOS game releases. Ustwo’s stylish Escher tribute Monument Valley, Sirvo’s number puzzler Threes and Simogo’s curious Device 6 were all recognised for their ability to stand out as accomplished titles that perfectly suit touchscreen smartphones. Equally accessible and engaging …

Nintendo will release a new 2DS hardware SKU in Europe next month. The bundle will include the red and white variant of the 2DS, a 4GB memory card as well as a digital copy of New Super Mario Bros 2. It will also include all of the game’s ten post-release …

While all the announcements of this last week or so mean there’s likely little surprise left for E3, Sony at least could be readying a cheeky announcement for its press conference in the early hours of Tuesday morning. NeoGAF spotted a tweet from the Barnsley branch of GAME claiming that …