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PC GAMING WEEK:With allthe buzz around the new consoles, it is quite easy to forget about the PC gaming market. If you look at the Top 40, the platform is often under-represented thanks to the lack of inclusion of digital download data. And it certainly doesn’t garner the same mainstream …

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Former Blitz developers have formed a new microstudio in Leamington Spa called Lumo Developments. The four-man team, previously known as Team Lumo and working on titles such as Kumo Lumo and Paper Titans, will focus on making games for mobile platforms. The studio’s first title is set to be released …

Marek Ziemak and Maciej Szczesnik, key members of the team behind The Witcher 3, have left CD Projekt Red. Szczesnik revealed that the duo has joint Warsaw-based indie mobile dev 11 Bit Studios, where he will lead the development of a new game, according toPolygon. Ziemak worked as gameplay producer …

Jagex graduate recruitment specialist Sue Stather offers advice on how studios can benefit from graduate employment schemes

Konami’s gaming arm has reported a 62 per cent decline in operating income to 70.6bn (427m) for the nine months ending December 31st. Sales for the period fell 11 per cent to 6bn (36m). Analyst David Gibson reported on Twitter that Konami acknowledged concerns about the length of Metal Gear …

Two members of CD Projekt Red's Witcher team join 11 Bit Studios

Former Kumo Lumo team working on new mobile project

The launch of PS4 has led to a sharp increase in operating revenue for Sony’s PlayStation unit. Operating revenue grew 64.6 per cent to 441.8bn (2.67bn) for the quarter ending December 31st. Operating income grew over 290 per cent to 18bn (109m). The discrepancy is due to the various costs …

PC GAMING WEEK: A few short years ago there were some people under the illusion that the PC games market was in perpetual decline. Aside from being proof – if any was needed – that the lack of digital data has seriously skewed our view of our own market, it …