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Upcoming Microsoft console to be manufactured by Foxconn

You’ve undoubtedly read lots of rumours about tonight’s Xbox reveal. Forget them. Forget every one of them. Microsoft’s secretive Next Generation Security Enforcement Team has over the last few years been quietly working in conjunction with a number of national and international law enforcement agencies to suppress the truth. What …

Free-to-play games increase dominance of Android app store

In less than eight hours time Microsoft will reveal the successor to the Xbox 360… which leaves plenty of time for the guessing game to continue. First off, we have a couple of confirmations, both from EA. The publisher has announced that FIFA 14 will tonight be shown off for …

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Indies can commercialise games without purchasing licence or sharing revenue

Develop talks to Soundrangers on providing sound for smartphone and tablet games

Another chapter has begun in the ongoing 38 Studios saga, as the governing body of Rhode Island looks to sell its Kingdoms of Amalur IP in effort to repay some of the $130m owed to the state. The Providence Journal reports that lawyers close to the sale have confirmed interest …

PopCap has officially launched social game Plants vs Zombies: Adventures on Facebook. The game had previously seen a closed beta period of around two months and is now available worldwide on the social network. It features new plants, new power-ups and new, multi-directional zombie types across a dozen road trip …

In-app purchases for Google Play offerings reportedlyhave seen a massive increase over the past year. Reporting from the Google I/O conference, Inside Mobile Apps states that internal purchases in marketplace downloads are up 700 per cent year-over-year. Google Play games business development head Bob Meese expounded on the figure, focusing …