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Start-up is betting against touch interfaces

The NCAA has chosen not to renew its college football franchise contract with EA Sports, the organization has announced. The agreement comes to an end in June of 2014, meaning the recently launched NCAA Football 14 marks the final release of the partnership. "The NCAA has never licensed the use …

Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki believes consoles must be more innovative to survive as the industry continues its expansion anddiversification. In a Famitsu feature piece translated by Polygon, Itagaki reflected on this year’s E3 – concluding that console companies won’t be able to maintain relevance in …

Epic’s Infinity Blade II was downloaded 5.7m times as part of Apple’s free-app promo during the App Store’s anniversary celebration. AllThingsD reports the figure was accumulated over a week, with 1.7m of the downloads taking place on the first day alone. The game has now been downloaded nearly 50m times …

Outrageously successful online game Minecraft is getting even more LEGO merchandise. LEGO teamed up with the developer Mojang last year for some LEGO, and now from early September even more is set to reach consumers – entitled The Village and The Nether. Both were unveiled at Comic-Con and have a …

The Thomas Was Alone creator looks at changes in the industry that helped lead him to success

Cloud-based rendering services outfit goes public with LaunchPad and Throttle

UK Studio Hotlist - launching on July 26th - will also be free to download for a limited time

Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with OK Media. OK Media Sector:Manufacturing ServicesYear Established:1997Number of employees: 230Address:14 – 22 Coleman Fields, London, N1 7ADPhone:020 7688 6789Fax:020 7688 6790 Key contacts:Doron Garfunkel – doron@okmedia.bizHeike Seidler – heike@okmedia.biz Website:www.okmedia.bizEmail:info@okmedia.biz OK Media brings a wealth of expertise …

Updates will reportedly install smoothly in the background