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Japanese mobile games firm GREE will pull out of the UK as it restructures its business across Europe. According to Tech Crunch UK the firm has proposed to shut down the team it was building in central London. Last summer the firm announced formal plans to open a UK office …

Infinity Blade II and Tiny Wings are just some of the games you can download for free today as part of the iOS App Store’s 5th birthday celebrations. The App Store launched on July 10th, 2008 and its impact on the video games market cannot be understated. Now mobile publishers …

Develop finds out how the Bossa team turned a playful idea into an online phenomenon

Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has teased that unnanounced games from third-party publishers are in development for Wii U. Like many Nintendo home consoles before it, the Wii U has struggled to secure strong and consistent third-party support since launch. Most notably, there are very few EA games in development for …

Hardware maverick Ellsworth was fired by studio in February and says it 'stabbed her in the back'

French telecoms giant Vivendi is reportedly looking for ways to extract cash from Activision Blizzard. The company currently owns a 61 per cent stake in the Call of Duty publisher, but has been trying to sell this over the past few months. With no interest from other parties, Vivendi is …

The Last of Us has done what BioShock Infinite and Dead Island: Riptide could not, and that’s score a fourth consecutive No.1 in the UK charts. The horror action game retains its position despite a 46 per cent drop in sales. It was a really slow week for new titles, …

Channel 4 Online business manager Jen Topping has joined Microsoft Soho Productions. Taking up the role of business manager for EMEA TV, Topping will work on building new TV content experiences for Xbox hardware.She will report to Soho Productions studio manage Brian Stone. I’ve had a great time at Channel …

Zynga's new CEO tried to buy the social game company while at Microsoft

Miyamoto admits company didn't anticipate rise in time and cost of Wii U games