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Game engine firm purchases video sharing service and GameAds network

Apple has shortened its return policy for the iPhone from 30 to just 14 days. The new time frame now matches Apple’s other product return policies for its Mac, iPod and iPad ranges. The 14 day return policy also now matches most wireless carriers, meaning consumers lose that particular benefit …

Last night’s video games BAFTAs were crowned with a rare public appearance from the media-shy Houser brothers. The Rockstar founders were handed their BAFTA Fellowship by non other than Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima. This is a tremendous honour for us as a mostly British run company and as passionate …

Candy Crush Saga studio King is pushing to generate $530m (319m) in an initial public offering that would see the British game maker valued at up to $7.6bn (4.6bn). 15.5m shares for in the company will be made available for between $21 and $24 a piece when King floats on …

The popular gaming bar Loading has called time on its Soho location. The firm’s makeshift home on Rupert Street has been a fashionable hang out place for gamers, developers and industry types, and has held a number of events for the likes of 2K, Creative Assembly, Ubisoft, Team 17 and …

Valuation would see King exceed Zynga’s opening public listing on the NYSE

Masahiro Sakurai has outlined has admiration for Sony’s PS4. I don’t care for faction wars like Nintendo versus Sony,” the Smash Bros director told Famitsu, as translated by Gematsu. PlayStation 4 is good-looking, the DualShock 4 is light and using it feels good, Remote Play can reliably handle even action …

The freshly announced delay for CD Projekt’s The Witcher 3 shouldn’t worry those with an eye on Cyberpunk 2077, the dev has said. The upcoming medieval RPG was on Tuesday pushed back from late 2014 to February 2015. "Cyberpunk 2077 is developed by a separate team within CD Projekt Red, …

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will release in India on 29th April, Activision’s Indian distributor, World Wide CD ROMs has announced. The game will release in India on PS4 for Rs 3,499, as well as on PS3 and Xbox 360 for Rs 2,999. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 game has an alternative …

GM Steve Escalante says old-fashioned publishers may have forced developers into self-publishing, but they still need help with marketing efforts on increasingly crowded digital stores