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Mobile dominates new generation of developers, just 34 of 448 studios are publisher-owned

The PS4 will likely be hard to find on the High Street when it eventually arrives (hopefully) later this year. "Although we have been given no official numbers by Sony we do believe that demand will far outpace the supply of this product during the launch window," GameStop president Tony …

Andrew Busey-led developer releases collectible card game for iOS

If you’re from this part of the industry – and pretty much almost everyone at GDC last week was or had been at some point in their life – the most asked and unanswered question of the show was around next-gen consoles. While Sony was there and shared somemore detail …

Game and forum taken offline while breach is addressed

Xbox 360 owners are this month being offered a handful of freebies as part of Microsoft’s new Play to Earn scheme. Three ‘Punchcards’ have been offered, each of which offers a different giveaway upon completion. They are as follows: * Punchcard One: Play 20 hours of any combination of arcade …

Develop's EIC reviews the major trends in San Francisco last week

Rockstar has revealed the boxart for upcoming release Grand Theft Auto V. It stays true to the templates laid down by its predecessors and will be instantly recognisable to shoppers, as well as likely pleasing series’ diehards. The game itself is due out on September 17th. Here’s the art in …

Things don’t get any better for The War Z. Having already been forced off Steam following controversy about missing content and inaccurate game descriptions, the poorly received zombie shooter has now suffered at the hands of hackers. Creators OP Productions have taken the game and its forum completely offline while …

Former Imagine Publishing and THQ man Simon Miller is the new editor-in-chief of VideoGamer.com. Miller previously spent over six years working at Imagine where he eventually became editor-at-large before going on to work at the now closed UK branch of THQ as PR manager. He takes over from outgoing editor …