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The Develop Awards are back this July, with four new prizes up for grabs, and you can lobby to be nominated for one right now. The hugely popular industry event will once again reward the very best innovators in games development from the UK and Europe. It will be held …

Having been surpassed by the Radeon R9 290X and GTX 780Ti, the Nvidia Titan is staging a big comeback. The new GTX Titan Black, like its predecessor, packs 6GB of onboard memory running at 7GHz with a peak frequency of 980 MHz and the full GK 110 die complete with …

Purpose-built handheld BioShock may be scrapped by publisher

Mojang is currently testing mini-games in Minecraft. As detailed in the video below, the current beta build for the subscription Minecraft Realms service offers mini-games as a selectable option from the main menu. The current offering includes Cake Defence 2, Blocks vs Zombies, The Walls, Autospleef and Dash of Doom. …

Digital games retailer Green Man Gaming says it could begin publishing games later this year. CEO Paul Sulyok told MCV’s sister publication PCR that becoming a publisher was certainly something we’d consider in 2014”. He added that if the firm did opt to publish its own titles, it would stray …

Prestigious event for games dev innovators and trend-setters returns on July 9th – plus new awards including nods for music composition and talent investment

Everything you need to know about this year's Develop Awards, the new categories and how to win

The press has reacted really positively to the now-ended Titanfall beta – and that seems to have caused upset. Accusations that the media has somehow been bribed by Microsoft and/or Respawn and/or EA into over-hyping” the upcoming multiplayer shooter have been rampant online in forums and comments sections. Because it’s …

Forza Horizon developer expands operations outside console space

Brendan Keogh analyses the media and public's perceptions of those who make games