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Ouya hits UK, USA and Canada on June 4th

The Android-based Ouya console launches in the UK on June 4th. Ouya is famous for raising over $6m via Kickstarter last summer, promising cheap and accessible games and a console at a low price. It will be sold by GAME in the UK, and priced 99 (it costs $99 in …

GDC 13: Ouya launch dated for June 4th in UK and US

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Hardware begins shipping to Kickstarter backers from today

GDC 13: Why female protagonists in games are rare

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Industry needs to be spurred on by financial gain to adopt changes, says BioWare writer

GDC 13: IGDA ‘regrets’ female dancer controversy

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Exec director Kate Edwards admits costumes worn by dancers at a party it co-presented were 'inappropriate'

GDC 13: Total War: Arena takes RTS free-to-play

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Latest entry into franchise to blend real-time strategy and MOBA gameplay

GDC 13: PlayJam secures $10m funding from GameStop

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Shadowgun and Smash Cops revealed as launch titles

GDC 13: AppLift pushing 1m users a month to mobile publisher

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Affiliate network offering tailored services for small-to-medium sized firms

GDC 13: Anger as scantily-clad women parade IGDA party

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Resignations follow as Brenda Romero and Darius Kazemi blast organisation

GDC 13: Testronic opens user experience lab

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QA firm partners with Player Research to expand services

PC games achieved record $20bn revenue in 2012

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Minecraft, Diablo III and Guild Wars 2 spur on growth for PC software market

[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash

AAA development used to have rough predictability. You staffed up, you shipped, you staffed down, and you kept rolling. It wasn’t always stable, but teams could stay together long enough to build momentum.