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Intel Developer Blog: ‘Go Big or Go Home. Wireless Big Screen HD from Mobile Android Devices’ takes place November 19th

A possible sell-off for the Xbox brand by owner Microsoft has been touted for a second time. The Financial Times reports that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is intrigued and interested” by forthcoming changes to the company, which will among other things include the hiring of a new CEO. One of …

Debbie Bestwick looks at the changes digital has brought to the company and the game industry

Worms creators Team 17 is returning to video game publishing. The company will publish indie titles, and the first game is Light from Brighton-based studio Just a Pixel. The game is part of the Steam Greenlight that’s funded by Team 17. The firm said in a release: "Team17 is in …

Microsoft has released a video showing how its ‘snap’ feature will work on Xbox One. The new console specialises in running apps simultaneously, meaning that gamers can have other things displayed on screen at the same time as they game. As shown below, users need only call out a command …

Zero Dependency's Andy Esser breaks down the process of setting up a new studio as a registered company

UK developer offering funding, marketing, localisation and QA services to potential partners

You’re going to have to keep hold of your PS3 if you want to carry on making use of that 3D copy of Avatar you bought for 20. After it was revealed earlier this week that Xbox One won’t support 3D Blu-ray movies, it now looks as if the same …

Who’d have thought that Call of Duty: Ghosts would prove to be one of the most controversial games of 2013? Activision’s shooter found itself at the centre of a next-gen storm earlier this month when it was confirmed that it will run at 1080p on PS4 and 720p on Xbox …

President of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has said that a healthy and successful Nintendo is vital to the overall video games industry. When you look at the situation around Nintendo that way, do you characterize Nintendo as our competition?” he told IGN, as transcribed by MyNintendoNews. I think in …