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Korean VC body that bought a majority stake in GungHo and Supercell invests in new ‘cross-screen’ development studio

Jade Raymond wants to see mobile-specific franchises from publisher

Prizes galore up for grabs, plus the change to showcase your mobile and Windows game titles to an audience of millions

Rocket Pack developers form self-funded new studio to work on tactical heist game

Chris Roberts' crowd-funded space exploration title generates $99 per backer

ShiftyLook is set to shut down this month, the Namco Bandai owned studio has announced. The company, formed in 2011, had been tasked with breathing new life into old Namco Bandai game characters across a number of media forms, including web comics, animation, games and merchandise. In a statement onthe …

Racing title may not release this year

Indie hit Gone Home is getting a console port, developer Fullbright has confirmed. It will be published by Majesco’s indie publishing label Midnight City, whose other titles include Slender: The Arrival, Costume Quest 2, The Bridge and Double Dragon Neon. When we started making Gone Home, we decided that we …

Titanfall is indisputably great, but the game ultimately will live or die by its online functionality. As discovered by Battlefield 4, releasing a game is only half the battle when it comes to online-dependent titles. For Titanfall to realise its true potential it must work – consistently and indefinitely. And …

The wait for Driveclub could be a longer one than we’d expected. Speaking to IGN, Sony Worldwide Studios America’s PlayStation software product development head Scott Rohde said: What I will say is that it all comes back to that fundamental principle, and that’s that we want to build great games …