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Magnus "Gordon" Gardebck, co-founder of Swedish indie studio Simogo, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developers Conference, the trade body has announced. Simogo is the studio behind successful mobile titles such as the atmospheric and contemplative Year Walk, and rhythmn-stealth mash-up Beat Sneak Bandit. Later this year, the studio …

Publisher offers devs a community driven vetting process before launching a campaign

Korean mobile publisher acquires Nine Wheels just days after taking control of Com2uS

Times Internet has partnered with Ziff Davis to launch IGN India, a localised edition of the popular games media brand. Times will also launch a localised edition of men’s lifestyle portal AskMen, also a Ziff Davis property. The US editions of IGN and AskMen already enjoy strong readership in India, …

The Walking Dead developer has announced release info for its next episodic effort, The Wolf Among Us. The first of five episodes will launch on October 11th for PC/Mac and Xbox 360 for $4.99 individually, or as part of the game’s season pass. Telltale tells IGN that the PSN release …

Far Cry 4 is already in development, at least according to the game’s supposed composer. VG247 reports on a since-edited Lost in the Multiplex interview, in which television and film composer Cliff Martinez states he is working on a video game called Far Cry 4.” Martinez’s video game track record …

Dust 514 developer CCP Games has hired EA’s former free-to-play specialist, Jean-Charles Gaudechon. Games Industry reports Gaudechon will assume an executive producer role for the microtransaction-driven FPS. He joins CCP Shanghai, and will report to senior VP of product development Sean Decker –another former EA free-to-play executive. Gaudechon previously served …

Crytek adjusting ‘female skins’ by cultural taste to make online shooter more attractive

Executive producer joins Shangahi studio to drive development on Dust 514

Mojo, the upcoming Android console form peripherals specialist MadCatz, has been given an eye-watering 219.99 RRP. That doesn’t compare favourably with the higher-profile Ouya, which can currently be had for just 99.99. MadCatz is trying to differentiate its device by allowing it to run vanilla Android, meaning players will be …