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Climax’s technical director James Sharman discusses his role in programming

Samsung has opened a number of new standalone stores in eight cities across the UK. The eight Experience Stores have been unveiled in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Cardiff, Bournemouth and Newcastle – where two have opened. The stores follow in the footsteps ofSamsung’s first UK Experience Store, which opened up …

Janine Prince explains why you should make the Ryse-maker your next career stop

It appears that the next Magic: The Gathering game will not be released on PlayStation. IGN reports that Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers will be released this summer on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PC, iPad, Android, and Kindle but not on PS4, PS3 or Vita. This new title revolves …

World of Tanks claimed more average revenue per user than any other online game in the last 12 months, according to a new research. Thereport by SuperDataranks Wargaming’s popular free-to-play warfare game at the top of a chart that includes major hitters such as League of Legends, DOTA 2 and …

More than 60 per cent of Amazon Appstore downloads in February were games

David Braben discusses what the studio is doing to adapt its upcoming game to virtual reality

The latest iteration of the Galaxy Android smartphone series has gone on sale in the UK. The Samsung Galaxy S5 arrives less than a year after its predecessor the S4, packing a 16MP camera and an Apple-like fingerprint scanner. The Shimmer White and Charcoal Black versions of the Android-based handset …

Analytics site also claims shooters earn more per user than MOBAs

SOE's tool creation program proving popular amongst players