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Undead Labs hints at solid future for XBLA breakaway IP

Unreal Engine maker's $9.2 million victory upheld by U.S. Court of Appeals

Game of Thrones: Ascent has been pegged for release on iOS and Android platforms, following its stint as a browser-based offering. The standout 2013 Facebook game based on George R.R. Martin’s popular works will land on both mobile platforms in the near future,” developer Disruptor Beam’s CEO Jon Radoff told …

Early Access titles DayZ and Rust have settled in at the top of Steam’s top ten sellers chart, and it doesn’t look like they’re going anywhere soon. Bohemia’s zombie survival title beat out Facepunch’s general survival title, grabbing the top spot on the list for the fourth week in a …

PS3-exclusive Beyond: Two Souls has sold more than 1m copies, developer Quantic Dream has announced. The studio revealed the news in a ‘word cloud’ post on its website, stating that the figure was reached just ahead of this past Christmas and thanking fans for their support. Beyond: Two Souls launched …

Glu Mobile has released a RoboCop game on iOS that ties in to next month’s movie return for the Detroit law enforcer. An android version is due for release on January 15th. The game is free-to-play and takes the form of a cover shooter in which the resurrected Alex Murphy …

Global PC sales fell at their fastest rate ever in 2013. That’s according to Gartner which says that global PC shipments for the period fell ten per cent compared to 2012 to 315.9m units, equalling the sales seen in 2009. For Q4 global PC shipments reached 82.6m units, down 6.9 …

We look at five jobs in games available in the UK game industry

IA Labs once tried to sue Nintendo over Wii Fit patents – patents which are now the proud property of Nintendo. Kotaku reports that the company three years ago failed in an effort to sue Nintendo and was as a result ordered to pay the platform holder’s court costs. It …

Team17 MD Debbie Bestwick shares tips on how indies can form a sustainable business after their first hit