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MMO smashes records as it hits new milestone

The newest entry in Nvidia’s GTX 700 series has been revealed – the GTX 760. Priced at just 209, the GTX 760 is available now from partners such as ASUS, EVGA, Gainward, KFA2, Gigabyte, Inno3D, MSI, Palit, PNY, Point of View and Zotac. It’s powered by Nvidia’s Kepler architecture and …

KLad's free-to-play version of Age of Empires could be followed by more IP

Microsoft’s considerable investment in cloud computing will power a new breed of console games. That’s not the message coming from Microsoft itself but instead the thoughts of Respawn Entertainment, the team behind Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC outing Titanfall. They built this powerful system to let us create all …

Former Sony exec leaves to pursue other opportunities in mobile and social gaming

Zynga’s vice president of partner publishing Rob Dyer has left the troubled casual gaming firm. The former third party boss joined Zynga from Sony Computer Entertainment America where he was senior vice president of public relations. He has previously served as president of both Eidos and Crystal Dynamics. The official …

Just two weeks left until the big night for games development - Book now

A few weeks ago, I had the rare opportunity to experience Grand Theft Auto 5 – quite easily the biggest game release of the year – in action. The demo lasted about 40 minutes and included a lot of what we’ve loved and come to expect from GTA games, but …

New office to focus on development of original IP

Free-to-play specialist Wargaming is delighted to be moving to Xbox – although it’s having to bite its tongue in the process. Wargaming’s CEO Victor Kislyi has confessed that he’s uneasy about certain elements of Microsoft’s ecosystem but says that he’ll just have to tolerate” it. "With Microsoft, unfortunately it’s not …