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Codemasters racer Grid 2 is this week’s UK no.1. It’s the publisher’s first UK chart topper since F1 2010. The first Grid achieved only second place in its first week, although its sales were 29 per cent stronger than the new sequel. You have to go all the way down …

Country is largest producer of games per capita, claims report

Valve blocked game from Steam to avoid encouraging indies to split royalties

Indie darling Terraria will land on mobile devices in the coming months, following successful runs on PCs and consoles. The mobile development will be handled by Dutch studio Codeglue under publisher 505 Games. Specific platforms were omitted from the original announcement, but a 505 rep confirmed to Polygon that the …

Finally some good news out of Canada, as the region’s Entertainment Software Association has revealed the country’s video game industry added around $2.3bn to the national GDP in 2012. Games Industry reports that ESAC announced the figure during a keynote address at the Ottawa International Game Conference last week – …

A 90 per cent off discount has the Alan Wake franchise leaping back onto, and all the way to the top of, Steam’s top selling titles chart. Wargame: Airland Battle debuted strong with a runner-up finish for the period, as Metro: Last Light finally relinquished the spot – though it …

Engineer Andrew Scott Reisse found dead at the scene; Suspects now in custody

Microsoft has reiterated that its E3 press conference will be all about the games. The company’s Xbox One 21st May reveal event ended up being a procession of the new console’s live TV and Kinect voice recognition features, with games almost feeling like an afterthought. Fielding questions about the likelihood …

The final entry in our look at the UK’s top indie innovators is niche site GenkiVideoGames.com. Site proprietor Peter Koeppl says he is catering to the needs of a niche market. With Amazon the biggest player in the online retail space, more and more online indies are turning to stocking …

The next entry in our Indie Retail Month look at the UK’s top indie innovators is video game site Go2Games. Business development head Craig Constantinides explains how Go2Games has embraced a new business model. What do you do that makes you stand out from the indie scene?We love computer games. …