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Ben Cousins has left Scattered Entertainment to pursue a job as a free-to-play games consultant. The former EA Easy general manager joined the Swedish outfit in 2011 as GM. Cousins also held the role of head of European Game Studios for the developer’s owner DeNA.Scattered co-founder Senta Jakobsen will now …

Studio head Brian Fargo praises Steam creator for not ‘wielding’ its power

Outspoken free-to-play advocate starts consultancy business

The upcoming Game of Thrones title from Telltale Games is getting some high-level help from the creators of both the books and TV show. Sci-fi author Ty Corey, described as personal consultant to Thrones author George RR Martin and the TV show’s executive producer, has been assigned as the game’s …

Gamesys discusses how and why it's entering the mobile social gaming space with Here Be Monsters

Digital edition out now, issue also contains Develop Awards 2014 finalists and QA special

Despite supposedly being delayed indefinitely on Xbox One, Activision’s Amazing Spider-Man 2 has suddenly been made available to download in the US. The game, which hits virtually all other formats in the US today and the UK this Friday, was thrown into doubt on Xbox One earlier this month when …

Almost 140 companies shortlisted for the 2014 Develop Awards across 24 categories – are you among them?

Bungie’s new shooter Destiny will hit last/current/next-gen consoles in September but won’t be gracing PC… yet. The persistent world not-MMO FPS seems like an ideal match for PC, but despite repeated calls for the game to widen its reach beyond consoles, Bungie has until now remained pretty tight-lipped about a …

PopCap’s multiplayer-focused shooter Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare will arrive on PC this June, publisher EA has announced. The Windows version will launch on June 24th, and will be distrusted through Origin as well as other retailers.” It’ll pack the Garden Variety and Zomboss Down DLC already available for the …