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Co-founder of crowd-funding site takes over as current chief exec becomes Chairman

Sony's games arm weighted down by PlayStation 4 R&D costs and PS Vita price cut

Development veteran to oversee art and design departments at Diner Dash firm

First game to use feature on next-gen console will be Arrowhead's top-down shooter Helldivers

Ubisoft's Jade Raymond, Naughty Dog's Amy Hennig and 343 Industries' Kiki Wolfkill named in list

UKIE’s digital charts project has taken huge strides this year, with more data than ever so that we now have a semi-accurate picture of the UK PC download market. MCV can reveal the latest data from that project, including data from IPSOS and GfK Chart-Track, including data from Q2 2013 …

Sony has revealed a couple of bits of functionality that are missing from PS4. Perhaps the most painful is the fact that it won’t support media servers or offer DLNA support, meaning that users won’t be able to stream content from the PC or media centre through to the device. …

A new two-day consumer games exhibition is set to launch in Scotland during October next year. Based in Edinburgh at the International Conference Centre, Games Expo Scotland 2014 will house triple-A and indie games alike.The event will also feature developer sessions, competitions and retro games. Games Expo Scotland will take …

Thief and Deus Ex studio cancels project, sources suggest it could have been new IP

Game Expo Scotland to feature developer sessions, competitions and exhibitions by indie and triple-A studios