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Zynga has announced the $527m purchase of UK/US-based studio, NaturalMotion. The developer is known for developing titles CSR Racing and Backbreaker Football, as well as specializing in creating animation technology for both the game and film industries. Our acquisition of NaturalMotion will allow us to significantly expand our creative pipeline, …

Fresh job losses at social gaming firm as it continues to shed users

Mobile game and tools developer is social publisher's biggest ever purchase

UKIE CEO Jo Twist discusses what studios can take away from today's report

The difference between the Vita Slim’s LCD display and the Original Vita’s OLED display is small, if not imperceptible” if it exists at all, Sony has claimed. The new Vita arrives in the UK next month and with no plans to replenish stock of the existing model, gamers will have …

Trade body points to success of high-end television tax relief as it continues to rally for games industry equivalent

An apparent US Microsoft Store ad is offering to reward consumers for abandoning their PlayStation 3. As spotted by NeoGaf, a digital flyer doing the rounds is offering gamers $100 off the price of an Xbox One when participants hand over their old PS3 console. The PS3 must be in …

It is important principles do not put UK game industry at a 'competitive disadvantage', says legal expert

Sony has claimed that PS4 is experiencing a significant sales advantage over its rival Xbox One in the UK. UK boss Fergal Gara told Eurogamer that its machine is outselling Microsoft’s by a ratio of 1.5-to-1 in the UK. That means for every two Xbox Ones sold PS4 is selling …

It was on this very day a year ago that Gameloft unceremoniously shut down its Hyderabad studio, leaving over 200 developers jobless overnight. Amid the outpouring of support from the game development community, a handful of developers saw the dire situation as the perfect opportunity to start out on their …