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Law firm warns that studios may be "waiving their rights" by allowing fans to use footage of their games

Online and mobile game developer and publisher plots recruitment drive of 100 staff in 2014

Former general manager leaves Crysis dev to become studio head at Improbable

New mobile game designed to be played in real-time throughout the course of a week

Supporters of Frontier Development’s Elite Dangerous are now able to get their hands on a playable chunk of the game. The alpha offers a small taste of what the full game will offer, focusing on the mechanic that sees players redistributing power through three channels – weapons, engines and shields. …

Player restrictions removed as developer welcomes new signups

Apple has named its editorial and commercial Games of the Year on iTunes. The editorial picks are Vlambeer’s Ridiculous Fishing as its iPhone pick with Simogo’s experimental Device 6 and PopCap’s Plants vs Zombies 2 as the runners up. In the iPad category Frogmind’s Badlands was named as Apple’s pick …

We’ve heard a few stories of folks paying over the odds on eBay to get hold of an Xbox One for Christmas, but this is something else. Well, if you’re still having a hard time tracking one down, there’s one currently available in Central London. And we’re pretty sure it’s …

Big Ant Studios has announced that it will not release Don Bradman Cricket 14 this year, but softened the blow by releasing a playable demo for the game. In order to bring the best possible game to the market at the best possible time, we have decided to move the …

Rights to Kingdoms of Amalur, Project Copernicus, and Helios technology fail to sell