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Another tempting Xbox One offer has appeared on the UK High Street. Zavvi is currently taking pre-orders on the 399.99 Xbox One Titanfall bundle but is also offering one free game from a selection of four – Forza 5, Ryse, Dead Rising 3 or Zoo Tycoon. Microsoft announced a price …

The term is batted around the industry all too regularly, but Mediatonic CEO David Bailey explains what the model really means for smaller devs

More than one million users input commands as players overcame the odds to beat the Elite Four, each other and arch nemesis Blue

Creature Box Studio’s first game, Space Runner, is out now for Android devices. Space Runner is a 2D endless game, where the player must navigate a space ship through asteroids using swipe controls, while at the same time destroying asteroids by tapping them. Creature Box is Indore-basedAnshul Soni’s one-man start-up …

It has been confirmed that Duke Nukem and Wolfenstein developer 3D Realms has been acquired by Danish investment firm SDN Invest, SDN in the part-owner and main investor in Danish Rise of the Triad developer Interceptor Entertainment, whose chairman Mike Nielsen (also SDN’s founder and former Coolshop CEO) has now …

Credit-card sized computer Raspberry Pi has sold 2.5 million units around the world. Created by the Raspberry Pi Foundation to encourage students to study computer programming by means of a cheap computer, the tech can cost as little as 20 to 30. Following the latest milestone, the organisation has made …

Console firm defiant on hardware despite Wii U woes

A new Kinect-specific game has been confirmed for Xbox One. OXM reports that successfully Kickstarted title There Came An Echo is in line for an Xbox One release some time after it debuts on PC, which is expected around October. The game itself features Star Trek’s Wesley ‘Wil Wheaton’ Crusher …

Tool enables developers to examine API usage to track bugs

London Accelerator firms Skara and Gateway Interactive hoping to learn best business practices from industry experts