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Mobile transition means cuts, but company expect to add 200 jobs by year's end

Android powered hardware being developed at search engine giant, claim sources

Google is reportedly readying itself for an entrance into the games hardware market. Anonymous sources familiar with the matter” have told The Wall Street Journal that Google is working on an Android-based video game console and wristwatch. The company intends to design and market the devices in-house, along the Nexus …

Tools free to developers who publish their games through Microsoft Studios

Popular website offers new crowdfunding opportunities for Canadian companies

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Second iteration of development platform gets the greenlight

Shock news – there are formats on which Angry Birds has not yet been released. Although that is shortly about to change. Activision has announced that Angry Birds Trilogy will be released on both Wii and Wii U on August 16th. The Wii U version offers play on either the …

Gameshastra is a very busy studio these days. Having just released Kite Fight for PS3, the Hyderabad studio has another Move title set for release this week. Dare to Fly tasks you with making an ostrich, a penguin, a rooster and a kiwi take flight by flapping your hands, Move …

Developer Crytek will become a fully-fledged publisher in a matter of weeks. The company behind Crysis will publish its free-to-play game,Warface. Former NCSoft marketing boss Dirk Metzger was recruited last year to put together a publishing team, which is now complete. With Warface there now is a good opportunity to …