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This year’s NASSCOM Game Developer Conference will take place in Pune on 15th and 16th November. The venue for this year’s conference is Pune’s JW Mariott hotel, and NASSCOM is currently accepting applications from interested speakers. Last year’s NGDC featured speakers such as EA founder Trip Hawkins, Sledgehammer Games CEO …

Ready at Dawn boss attacks retailer over its preowned strategy

A new exhibit featuring video games is now open at the Museum of Design Atlanta, showcasing games designed by women and how they offer a wider range of experiences than the majority of AAA titles. Polygon reports the XYZ: Alternative Voices in Game Design exhibit has nearly 40 video games …

First GaymerX event comes to San Francisco August 3rd

Blizzard has filed a US trademark for something labeled ‘cute but deadly’ for use across a range of goods and services. GameSpot reports on the listing, pointing out that upon further review it doesn’t appear to be related to a new Blizzard IP. In fact, the filing doesn’t mention video …

Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning has sounded off on Microsoft’s apparent complete obliviousness to the growing indie games market, stating that the company isn’t even acknowledging independent developers like himself on any kind of business level. Speaking with VG247, Lanning once again laid bare his frustrations with Xbox’s much maligned policies …

One of Britain’s most successful games developers is celebrating an important milestone this month. Kuju is now 15 years old and has, since its founding at the hands of Ian Baverstock and Jonathan Newth, released over 120 titles throughout its life. The studio has been involved in a number of …

Project running behind schedule as scope of the game has increased

Develop Ready at Dawn has accused games retail and the pre-owned sector of cheating not only developers but also consumers. "I think the problem is right now there are retail outlets that are really taking everybody for a ride. You can’t make a living at the expense of everybody else,” …

There’s no denying that this gameplay visualisation” for Syndicate successor Satellite Reign looks very impressive. Developer 5 Live Studios has released the footage in response to those who had asked to see some gameplay footage of the title before they pledge to its Kickstarter fund. But that’s not as easy …