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Take a blast from the past in our Develop Awards retrospective ahead of next week's ceremony

The first game developed by Zynga’s Indian studio is out now on Facebook and is headed soon to tablets. Hidden Shadows is a hidden object game, where ‘players will dive into a supernatural crime story full of mystery, dark secrets, and new ways to connect with friends and play together’. …

Mumbai-based Trine Entertainment is planning to go public with an IPO, reports have suggested. The company plans to raise Rs 5.75 crore through 38.32 lakh shares to fund its foray into online games and onto new platforms like smartphones and tablets, DSIJ has reported. Trine’s most recent work has been …

Game4u has further expanded its digital offerings by adding games from Take-Two Interactive to its downloads4u service. Included as a result of the new tie-up are games such as L.A. Noire as well as the Grand Theft Auto, Bioshock, Borderlands, Max Payne, NBA 2K and XCOM series. 2K and Rockstar …

The UK peripherals specialist has announced its latest range of gaming products, featuring headsets, joypads and the firm’s first gaming chair. Building on from the success of its EX-01 and EX-03 Bluetooth headsets, the firm is set to introduce refreshed models of these devices with the EX-07 Kranium and EX-06. …

EA Play4Free VP Sean Decker has joined Eve Online and Dust 514 developer CCP as senior VP of product development. In his new role, Decker will be responsible for leading the company’s worldwide game development and will oversee the company’s studios in Newcastle, Reykjavik, Shanghai and Atlanta. He will be …

New exec to oversee worldwide game development at MMO outfit

Pong, Space Invaders and Yars' Revenge among new inductees

We all hate laboriously typing in those 15-digit codes that publishers and platform holders insist on using, right? Well, those days could be numbered now that Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox One version of Kinect will be able to read QR codes, according to IGN. Microsoft’s corporate VP for Xbox …

As well as 120 speakers and seven keynotes at the eighth industry conference