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Puzzle & Dragons maker's stock market value rose above console maker twice this month

The final entry into our look at the UK’s top online-only indies is the 2013 MCV Award winner, Simply Games. Owner Neil Muspratt tells MCV why the site is deliberately remaining a games-only business Simply Games is one of the biggest success stories in online indie retail. The 2013 MCV …

Localisation firm expands operations in South America

Nvidia has today released the long-rumoured GTX 770 PC graphics card. It will retail for just 329 and is based on the company’s Keplar architecture, which also powers the likes of the GTX 650, 660, 670, 680 and 690. It comes with either 2GB or 4GB or DDR5 RAM that …

Retail giant HMV is losing a number of high profile employees this week, including its games buyer and marketing boss. Games category buyer Richard Thompson (pictured) is leaving the business this week to move to Australia, he has worked at HMV for 11 years. His departure follows the redundancy of …

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Translation firm Synthesis has opened a Brazilian office. The firm claims it is the first localisation firm to do so, and is in response to the growing Brazilian games market, which grew 11 per cent to $3bn last year. The new office is placed in Rio de Janeiro, and features …

Preorders of Grand Theft Auto 5 through ‘selected retailers’ in India will be eligible to receive bonus DLC as well as double-sided poster, distributor E-xpress Interactive has announced. Preorders will include the Atomic Blimp DLC, which will allow players to pilot the blimp (pictured above) over Los Santos and Blaine …

Phil Spencer suggests independent development will be a part of the forthcoming console's make-up

We discuss the opportunities in interactive fiction with Failbetter and Random House