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Reinforcing the Microsoft is bad for indies narrative doesn't hurt them, it hurts indies, says Ska Studios dev

For over 25 years, Mastertronic has been responsible for bringing some the biggest titles to market and worked with some industry icons. MCV offers a comprehensive tour through the company’s origins and greatest hits. APRIL 1ST 1988The Producers was formed by ex Activision-exec Andy Wood, Andy Payne and ex-EA exec …

1988 was an important year. The Iran-Iraq War ended. The English Pound Note ceased to be legal tender, and laws are changed to allow pubs to stay open all day. Bruce Willis dropped Alan Rickman off a building in Die Hard. Jessie J was born. And in Wimbledon, three men …

Technology doesnâ??t advance by worrying about the edge case, says industry veteran

Wii owners will lose access to a number of the machine’s online functions this summer. CVG reports that the Nintendo, News, Weather, Everybody Votes and Mii Contest Channels will be switched off for good on June 28th. Also going is the ability to send messages on the Wii Message Board …

Five days left to catch early bird rates for Asia game conference

French publisher strengthens PC division with purchase of German studio

Crytek’s Kinect action game, Ryse, is now a launch title for the new Xbox, as is a new Forza game with super life-like” visuals, a new report has suggested. Rumours of Ryse being moved to next-gen have been doing the rounds for a while, although Crytek has remained tight-lipped on …

Aphelio's Michael Walker offers tips on how to generate funds and find the right support for your new company

2.67m boxed games were sold last month in what was a decent March for retail. That number is a slight 1.5 per cent drop over the same period in 2012, but it’s a big improvement over the significant declines posted in January and February. In fact, games stores generated 70.6m …