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Angry Birds creator Rovio has launched a new publishing arm designed to bring more experimental titles to the smartphone games market. It’s called LVL11 and its first title – the Flappy Bird inspired Retry – is available now on iOS in some select countries. We’ve always been doing a lot …

But publisher exceeds expectations thanks to record digital revenue

An app designed to allow folk to swap their physical games has gone live on the Google Play Marketplace. It allows users to list the games they are looking to swap and what titles they are after. They can then either locate other users who live near by for face-to-face …

Update: Disney India has issued the following statement in response to our report on the layoffs in its games division: We are undertaking a restructuring in the Digital business, aligned with our global long-term digital strategy that is focused on sustainable profitability and innovation. The intent is to concentrate all …

Towns, which was Greenlit on Steam over a year and a half ago, has been cut adrift by its developers. It was one of the first titles to pass through the Greenlight system and would in today’s day and age likely be an Early Access title on Steam’s service. At …

Games such as The Swapper, MouseCraft and Titan Attacks won’t be released on Xbox One. That, developer Curve Digital says, is because of the parity clause imposed by Microsoft on indie devs which stipulates that games are released on Xbox One at the same time they arrive on other systems. …

Publisher extends partnership with Titanfall developer Respawn

John Lewis has announced its first range of own-brand smart TVs. The boxes include an integrated 50-watt 2.2 channel soundbar with an additional subwoofer, the LG webOS smart TV platform that combines smart TV features with terrestrial TV, a ‘Magic’ remote is included for gesture and voice control and two …

Lifetime console sales now stand at 6.17m since launch

Amazon will use its cloud technology to handle thousands of characters on screen at once for an ambitious new game on its Fire TV. Discussing the recently revealed microconsole in a new interview withDevelop Amazon’sVP of gamesMike Frazzini teased a new title by the retail giant that has now gone …