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Valve has approved a stout 100 indie titles for release on Steam through its Greenlight program. The digital distributor explained in a post on its official news feed that the large number of approvals are part of a plan to run a stress-test on its improved and streamlined developer tools. …

Company says it's streamlining to focus on EverQuest Next and EverQuest Landmark

Sony Online Entertainment has suffered layoffs at its Austin and San Diego offices, with up to 200 employees reportedly affected. A post on the company’s forums by community relations director Linda Carlson first revealed the redundancies, describing them as a reduction in our workforce” at Sony Online. As a company, …

Social network streamlines integration and Facebook publishing for popular game engine

Rhode Island EDC is cleared to pursue claims, but has to wait for full $75m

Twitter just exploded, mostly out of disbelief, because Nintendo has announced the 2DS, its new slate form-factor handheld that plays DS and 3DS games in 2D. While many may question the need for such a device – the 3DS has the option to turn off 3D – at $129, it …

Open source C++ Box2D physics engine integrated into development platform

Middleware firm to help bring new Unity-developed titles to market

Cloud features analytics, marketing and monetisation to help developers promote their games

As previously rumoured, Nintendo will be bundling its Wind Waker remake in with the Wii U this Christmas. Reports first emerged of earlier this month but now Nintendo has made it official, announcing The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD Premium Pack. This SKU will include a Black 32GB …