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Games that integrate Nvidia’s Gameworks development tools are being deliberately restricted on AMD graphics cards, the latter has claimed. Titles such as Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV and Batman: Arkham Origins have all taken advantage of Gameworks and as a result, AMD’s Robert Hallock told a Forbes contributor, performed disproportionately …

As swathes of new games hit Steam, we ask developers on the frontlines what the future holds and how to survive

Much of the gaming fandom can get quite obsessive with framerates, but one upcoming next-gen title is deliberately avoiding the magical 60 frames per second target. The director of Ready At Dawn’s in-development The Order: 1886 has said his team has chosen 30fps because the fell it offers compliments the …

UK casual games giant Mind Candy is working on a new game that isn’t based on its smash hit Moshi Monsters IP. The game is called World of Warriors and is due for release on iOS and Android this year. There’s a teaser trailer below and it’s being worked on …

A brand new conference for games developers is coming to Scotland later this year, organised by the team behind Develop. Develop Live will come to Edinburgh on Thursday, October 2nd. This one-day conference will comprise of a series of lectures and panels covering both international issues and matters close to …

Inaugural event from the team behind Develop will make its first outing in Edinburgh on Thursday, October 2nd – Tickets and sponsorship deals now available, call for speakers open

Capcom will tomorrow release a Steamworks version of Super Street Fighter IV, but it’s not all good news. Current versions of the game use Games for Windows Live, which Microsoft will be shutting down in the near future, thus robbing the titles of their online support. Capcom will tomorrow (May …

The UK games market has risen dramatically year-on-year, as almost every industry category grew. MCV’s annual valuation of the games market – this year conducted in collaboration with UKIE – shows that game sales were up 20 per cent over last year to 3.48bn. This year’s figure includes books, magazines …

Who saw that coming? Officially licensed Mercedes DLC is going to be released for Wii U’s Mario Kart 8. Japanese gamers will be able to download a version of the Mercedes GLA for use in the title, NeoGAF has spotted. As part of the agreement Mario will also feature in …

After what has been a very long wait, Watch Dogs has certainly delivered the goods for Ubisoft. The publisher has announced that the open-world action title has recorded the best day one sales for the company ever, outstripping all previous releases. I once said that the buzz around Watch Dogs …