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Denis Dyack’s Silicon Knights may effectively be no more, according to new reports. Polygon believes that the studio is down to just a few employees, has closed its office and has sold off office equipment and game assets”. The studio is continuing to fight a legal battle with Epic Games. …

We look at what a ready-built workstation can offer in contrast to a custom setup

Nicholas Lister offers his thoughts on how architectural practices can help give new meaning to games

Our Indie Retail Month in association with Gem continues to look at the UK’s top new indie retailers with Stark Computers, one of the youngest stores in the category. MCV talks to Mark Ainsley about how the store has already outgrown its floor space. Stark Computers only opened in December …

Team leader involved with Skype acquisition promoted

Irish entertainment retailer Xtra-vision has gone into receivership. InsideIreland reports that Ernst and Young’s Luke Charleton and Colin Farquharson have been appointed as joint receivers. The pair are actively seeking a buyer for the chain and claims to already be in talks with a number of interested parties”. Its first …

A non-games industry site is reporting that Xbox Infinity will indeed be the name of Microsoft’s next console. International Business Times UK reports claims to have word from sources related to development of the new Xbox”. That, quite literally, is it. The rest of the report is a rehash of …

Mobile publisher lays off 30 employees at its San Francisco office

Hashstash Studios’ tabletop multiplayer game Circulets is out now on the iOS App Store and Google Play. Circulets is an easy-to-pick-up causal game for all ages. With two players sitting on either end of a smartphone or tablet, the game tasks them with pulling as many circles, or circulets, of …

New console won't be as costly to build as its predecessor, claims CFO