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Thomas Was Alone and Volume developer Mike Bithell has said that getting his games released on consoles has made a big difference to his success. It’s really interesting, the credibility consoles still have. I think because PC is ‘the open platform’ and anyone can release a PC game,” he told …

The rise in popularity of indie games has threatened the very viability of triple-A development – but don’t expect it to last. That’s the message from Peter Molyneux who told CVG at GDC that indies should enjoy it all while it lasts. "These things go in cycles," he said. "What …

eSports Interactive Entertainment’s Digital Wars Online Season 2 will take place over two weeks in April. Season 2 will once again focus on Dota 2, with the tournament kicking off on 5th April and concluding on 20th April. Registration is free and currently underway at the eSports Interactive Entertainment community …

The Ouya team has announced a couple of initiatives that it hopes will bring relevance to the struggling console. Eurogamer reports that head of developer relations Kellee Santiago told a GDC audience that Ouya is removing the need for devs to include a free-to-play demo of all titles uploaded to …

Pricing for Watch Dogs has been confirmed for India, with a variety of preorder bonuses being offered by retailers. The open-world action game will retail at Rs 2,999 on Xbox 360 and PS3, and Rs 3,499 on PS4; standard stuff, but the PC version has been priced higher at Rs …

Broken Age developer Double Fine has begun publishing titles by other indie studios. The firm, run by veteran dev Tim Schafer, has just helped indie MagicalTimeBean release its PC title Escape Goat 2 and now plans to use its experience to help other developers get their games to market. "Lots …

PlayStation says redundancies are part of "regular reviews", trio of studios undergoing "focused restructure"

Layoffs have this morning affected staff across a number of SCE’s European studios. Videogamer reports that Evolution Studios, Guerrilla Cambridge and SCE London Studio have all bit hit, although exact numbers remain unknown. "Regular reviews take place throughout SCE Worldwide Studios, ensuring that the resources that we have in such …

With GDC out of the way, the time to ensure your favourite developers are nominated is now

UPDATE: We’ve been informed by ILG that the prizes will not be cash, but in the form of merchandise and other goodies. Original story: Indian Leage Gaming is set to conduct online tournaments for Call of Duty: Ghosts across Xbox 360 and PS3. The Xbox 360 tournament will take place …