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Manufacturer of iPhone, PS4 will release its first game in six months

Developers can now access top of the line hardware through Amazon Web Services

One of the best mobile racing games to come around in a while is now free. Gameloft has announced that Asphalt 8: Airborne is now free for iOS and Android. The game was earlier priced at Rs 55. The free-to-play update also coincides with the release of the game’s first …

Once a platform dedicated to providing great indie bundles for charity, the Humble Bundle has of late featured games from some of the biggest game developers, including THQ and EA. Warner Bros. is the latest to get in on the action. The Humble WB Games Bundle includes six games, namely …

Controversial (if not infamous) manufacturing company Foxconn will try its hand at developing mobile games, according to a new report. A piece on Bloomberg states that Foxconn chairman Terry Gou addressed media in Taiwan regarding the company’s plans to move away from contract manufacturing for Apple and other large companies …

The Ouya catalogue has officially surpassed 500 game releases, company CEO Julie Uhrman has announced. Uhrman revealed the new development on the Android-powered microconsole’s official site, while also providing a full list of developers who have available games on the hardware. "Just wanted to take a moment and say thank …

Xbox One developers registered with Microsoft’s ID@Xbox program are entitled to the Unity Xbox One deployment add-on at no cost, Unity CEO David Helgason has revealed. In a blog post on the company’s site, Helgason announced a new agreement had been reached to support indie developers who sign up through …

The GTA Stimulus pack will be distributed in ‘the next couple of days’. The pack is Rockstar’s way of apologising for Grand Theft Auto Online’s buggy beginnings and money will be wired into the virtual bank accounts of any players who logged on in October. Gamers will receive $500,000 in-game …

Graphics and programming tech offers codeless visual programming solution