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Over the last 12 months, Sports Interactive has defied the pirates, released its most successful game and turned its Football Manager series into a full sports brand. Christopher Dring speaks with studio boss Miles Jacobson about his hit IP and what we can expect from his talk at London Games …

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ARM’s developer community manager Gemma Paris talks about educating developers in making games for mobile. ARM is not only a creator of innovative multimedia IP; its very business model is an innovative creation. ARM encourages openness along the full length of the supply chain in order to deliver high-performing products …

Testronic Labs’ functionality and compliace QA boss Erik Hittenhausen teases his London Games Conference talk. From its inception, the games industry has evolved significantly from simple pixelated figures on blank backgrounds to a vast array of game types played across disparate mediums. Realistic POV gaming to MMOs to social gaming. …

Ubisoft commissioned UK composers to create separate score for blockbuster's online more

Sony has filed a number of patents that could indicate a PS4 virtual reality headset is on the way. The patents, which detail an audio system and head mounted display, were first spotted on popular web forum NeoGAF. Highlighted within the audio system patents are methods of alerting players to …

Ahead of his talk at London Games Conference, Vicon’s product manager Phil Elderfield tells MCV about the firm’s new technology and the role facial capture will have during the next-generation of games development So what is your LGC talk about? In the context of the increasing emphasis on story and …

New internal track available at Execution Labs to developers not interested in running a studio

For 5,500 consumers can now buy an altogether different video gaming collectible from UK retail GAME. The chain has teamed up with STA Travel to offer ‘The Epic Gaming Adventure’, a four-week holiday visiting 13 different cities all of which are historically significant to the history of video games. Described …