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Voxler Games has detailed Let’s Sing, the first karaoke game to launch on PC. PC fans need no longer be jealous of console gamers, as they too can now look forward to a spot of singing. Launching on December 12th, Let’s Sing is from Voxler Games, the publisher behind fellow …

Updated back-end will help 'viral' developers manage traffic surges, claims VPS provider

Every attending studio will receive Microsoft device ahead of mobile development accelerator programme

Website offers tips, tutorials and support for ARM developers

The rare white Xbox One has been sold for 5,000, GamesAid has announced. The commemorative special edition machine was only made available to Microsoft employees that worked on the console. It features a special Gamertag and the words ‘I Made This’ written on the front of the machine. It also …

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This week’s issue of MCV analyses how the next-gen transition is damaging the sales of the year’s biggest Q4 releases. Sales of Call of Duty, Battlefield and Assassin’s Creed are all down on their predecessors, some by an alarming margin. Retailers tells MCV how the imminent arrivial of the next-generation …

Simon Hade, COO of Samurai Siege dev Space Ape, discusses the importance of choosing your first project carefully

New study says parents have greater control over in-game spending 'than reports would have us believe'

Black Ops II’s digital revenue alone for the last 12 months would place it as the year’s third biggest game behind Grand Theft Auto V and Skylanders Giants. That’s according to Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg, who also told investors that Black Ops II’s total 12-month revenue is the biggest …