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Atman Binstock leading R&D team at new Seattle base

Former Mobile Pie creative director leaves North American casual games dev

iOS firm reacts to increased scrutiny on free-to-play games

Respawn’s community manager Abbie Heppe has empathised with gamers who frown on on-disc DLC. Heppe also confirmed that it’s not a strategy that the Respawn team has utilised. "I totally get that," Heppe told OXM when asked if she understood why on-disc DLC is a thorny issue”. Added Heppe: Nobody …

Microsoft has announced a new competition that will give UK games developers a chance to better show off their work through Windows app stores. The Beautiful Game contest is open to all UK games developers that publish new games on Microsoft Windows 8 or the Windows Phone Store, or port …

Mobile company co-founded by former Rovio developer working on Walking Dead adaptation

Danish indie Megafuzz discusses Spoiler Alert, a love letter to classic platformers that you play in reverse

The Nintendo website has been updated with a new section looking to emphasize the company’s indie credentials. Carrying the strap line Get the games you want, when you want them – over 1,000 new, classic, and indie titles to choose from”, the page leads with titles such as Steamworld Dig, …

What’s better than a free clone of Flappy Bird on iOS or Android? The answer: definitely not a clone that costs $15 and comes with a large fluffy Bluetooth controller. Nonetheless, that option is available to you thanks to a new crowdfunding venture from ZowPow. It’s called Flappy and is …

Development tech also adds new physically based shading render pipeline