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Currys/PC World owner says it’s keeping close tabs on Valve’s new Steam Machines to bring devices to the High Street. Valve took to the stage at this year’s CES show to lift the lid on the long-awaited devices and confirmed 13 partners would produce their own iterations of the device, …

PlayStation boss Andrew House says that China allowing the sale of game consoles will be a huge boost to PS4. Meanwhile, Nintendo’s stock has risen 11 per cent on the country allowing the sale of consoles from its free trade zone in Shanghai, reports the BBC. China’s games market is …

Kabam’s Andrew Sheppard tells Develop about its expansion plans and why its use of science sets it apart from the pack

'Crystal Cove' provides faster refresh times after ditching LCD

EA-owned mobile games publisher Chillingo says its business as usual following the exit of its two founders, Joe Wee and Chris Byatte. The duo left Chillingo – where they served as director and general manager –at the end of last year. They had set up the company up in 2005 …

Three games get four nominations, all vying for grand prize

14 year embargo temporarily withdrawn

Sony on course to beat goal of 5 million consoles by end of March

Sony’s recent PlayStation Now announcement has resulted in a significant negative impact on GameStop’s stock. Games Industry reports the retailer’s shares dropped nearly nine per cent in the wake of Sony’s cloud-gaming service reveal, with investors apparently unhappy with the news. Conversely, Sony and third-party companies that publish on PlayStation …

PS4 owners made up for 20 per cent of all Twitch broadcasts from December 23rd to January 3rd, the streaming video service has announced. Twitch vice president of marketing Matthew DiPietro explains that the company was confident that integrating stream support with next-gen consoles would be a game changer.” "Based …