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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 …

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The Epic Games founder and Development Legend on the company's past and its future

After stopping preorders on the Indian store for over a year, Origin has once again started offering preorders for upcoming PC games. The service stopped the preorder facility on the Indian store after users outside India used VPNs to access the store and take advantage of lower Indian prices for …

Nintendo is marking the launch of Pikmin 3 with several demo events to give consumers the chance to try out the Wii U strategy game. First, the game will be available to play at the MCM Expo Manchester Comic Con, which runs across Saturday, July 20th and Sunday, July 21st. …