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Austin outfit working on tactical survival game Overland

The first in our series of round-ups for this year’s Selected Projects finalists focuses on the consoles and PC hardcore category

London studio returns to the franchise it made famous

Cross-platform tool supports iOS, Android, HTML5 and Flash

Following GAME’s leak this afternoon, US mag GameInformer has revealed that Batman: Arkham Knight is its next cover star. Developed by Asylum and City creators Rocksteady, Knight is the final Arkham game and is set after the events of 2011’s City. Last year’s Warner Montreal-developer Arkham Origins was a prequel, …

The next instalment in the popular Arkham series has been named. As spotted by Videogamer via a now removed listing on the GAME website, it’s called Batman: Arkham Knight and is due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC this year. It looks like current-gen and Wii U are out …

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