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Our latest issue considers the arrival of Havok's new alternative to Unity and UDK

Publisher of Dishonored, Skyrim and Rage looking for people to test upcoming games

And Sega says case is 'without merit'

New bill groups games with drugs, alcohol and gambling

A second retailer has cut the price of the Wii U to just 149. MCV reported yesterday that Asda had slashed a further 50 off the console’s price, making the 8GB Basic SKU available for just 149 and the 32GB Premium SKU for 199. That’s a 100 saving on their …

Chinese firm strengthens its development arm with buyout of local studio

UK Chancellor George Osborne and Culture minister Ed Vaizey said that an EC investigation will not stop games tax breaks. The pair were speaking at a special British Film Commission event for the launch of creative sector tax breaks for TV and animation. While TV and animation legislation is being …

This long and at times painful hardware generation – it will be eight years since the 360 unveiling when we see the Next Xbox in three weeks – is matched by just one other drawn out saga: tax breaks for games made in the UK. Every two steps forward on …

Angry Birds, Fruit Ninja, Cut The Rope, Draw Something and Temple Run top UKâ??s most popular ever apps

Publishers are in the dark over Amazon’s UK?PC download store. UK?PC firms have already signed a contract with the retail giant to get their games on the store, which was expected early in 2012. But the store was delayed, with no new launch date set. Amazon’s head of games Graham …