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Coinciding with the ongoing Wimbledon Championships, Rolocule Games has released its new game, Motion Tennis, a motion-controlled game that uses the iPhone/iPod Touch and Apple TV. Similar to motion controlled tennis games available on Wii or PlayStation Move, Motion Tennis lets you swing your iPhone/iPod Touch to mimic forehand and …

Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 spin-off Blood Dragon has sold over 500k digital copies across PC, PSN and XBLA. CEO Yves Guillemot provided the figure in an interview with Games Industry, though didn’t mention how the units were split among platforms. Guillemot did, however, mention that Far Cry 3 sales were …

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 …