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Microsoft’s beta for the ambitious Project Spark is now available on Xbox One. The beta first arrived on Windows 8.1 back in December and has attracted over 250,000 users. Project Spark lets gamers (or should that be designers?) to create a wide assortment of games, offering what is being tipped …

Spil Games' Robbert Van Os discusses his new role as HTML5 Advocate

Long-running Spil employee Robbert Van Os returns to head up HTML5 developer programme

Online firm Gravity discovers what Epic's game engine can do on iOS

Trion Worlds’ MOBA RTS End of Nations has been officially put on hold”. Concerns were raised after the game’s website was taken offline and all mention of the PC title was removed from Trion’s website. Its Facebook page has not been updated since August. "As we informed EON’s community last …

Moss-developed Japanese shmup Raiden IV is getting a digital release on PS3 in the West. The game was previously published by UFO Interactive on Xbox 360 in 2009 (and was released on XBLA by Moss itself) but now the company is bringing a revamped ‘Overkill’ version – complete with new …

Zynga is taking a mobile-first approach to its game development as its moves to make up lost ground in the rapidly expanding mobile market. Zynga COO Clive Downie explained on thesocial game maker’s blogthat the company will be pursing a mobile-first business starting with the launch of three of its …

FarmVille-maker promises more personalised gameplay and lightning-fast performance from its mobile titles

GAME is offering a DLC pre-order bonus with The Amazing Spider-Man 2 pre-orders. Customers who order Activion’s latest Spider-Man outing will receive the Web Threads Suit Pack DLC bundle, which includes four additional in-game outfits for the web slinger himself. These include the Iron, Cosmic, Noir and Venom-inspired Spider-Man suits …

Video game charity Get-Well Gamers has added its 200th member hospital. It has added the Chelsea and Westminister Hospital in London to its long list of participating facilities. This is the first such partnership Get-Well Gamer has had in the UK, and it promises to not be the last. "We …