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Gregg Barnett, creator of Commodore 64 classic VS fighting game The Way of the Exploding Fists, will speak at this year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference. Barnett was a key figure at Beam Software, which was later known as Melbourne House, before being acquired by Krome Studios. He is currently creative …

High Street stalwart WH Smith may have long since abandoned core gaming, but shoppers may have noticed this week the presence of Grand Theft Auto V in its windows. It’s not selling the game, of course – although some branches can still be found selling the likes of Activision’s Skylanders …

PlayJam has announced a global release date for new Android console contender GameStick. The device will go on sale worldwide on Tuesday October 29th. GAME and Amazon are amongst the confirmed stockists. GameStick, which originated on crowdfunding site Kickstarter, had originally been scheduled for a June release but has been …

Game Lab Social to help 'foster creativity, collaboration and knowledge sharing' in region

Fan-made FPS homage Timesplitters Rewind has appeared on the Concepts area of Steam Greenlight. Unlike ‘full-fat’ Greenlight, the Concepts section allows developers to obtain feedback and try and gather together a community before launching a full Greenlight campaign. Timesplitters Rewind was unearthed as an in-development PS4 fan project earlier this …

Members of the Silicon Spa cluster comment on the loss of their biggest studio

PC indie gaming operation impacted by Blitz closure. 'Likely purchasers' suggested

Milestone Interactive will distribute EA’s Xbox games in India going forward, the company announced today. Milestone already distributes the FIFA publisher’s PC and PlayStation games, and with the addition of Xbox, it now distributes all of EA’s retail products. We are proud to acknowledge that our business relationship of the …

British game industry looks to put affected devs back into employment

O2 customers who buy either an iPhone 5S or 5C won’t be able to connect to the operator’s 4G LTE network right away. That’s because of a technical issue that will require the input of Apple to resolve. And that’s not expected to happen straight away. "The iPhone 5C and …