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Platform holder study finds 48 per cent of app makers first opened doors in the last five years

The boss of EA’s mobile business has delivered a scathing verdict on its casual gaming rival Zynga. Speaking to The New York Times, head of mobile development Frank Gibeau said of the company: Zynga blew it. They’re not a mobile business. We’re six or seven times their size in mobile. …

Paul Lipson, music and audio director for Microsoft Studios, discusses making music for Xbox and its first-party games

The parent company of distributor Gem has rebranded itself and its subsidiaries. DCC SerCom will now be known as Exertis and as a result Gem has been rebranded as Exertis Gem. Taken as a whole Exertis now partners with 350 technology brands, employs over 1,600 people and supplies 14,000 resellers, …

Mobile hits now available from casual games giant's home computer download store

Some early in-engine footage of crowdfunding mega-success Star Citizen suggests that the game is going to be a graphical treat. The game recently hit $24m raised – money that is clearly helping creator Chris Roberts push the graphical envelope. The video is available in 4K resolution for those with the …

Free mobile devkit now offers UI tools

Both models have new 64-bit A7 chip, retina display

Most of InterWave team laid off after failed Kickstarter

Respawn Entertainment’s highly anticipated mecha FPS Titanfall will launch in US and Europe next March on Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC. The studio announced the release window news on the game’s official site, stating that the game will land in North America on March 11th and in Europe on …