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Free-to-play MMO to feature 'console quality' visuals and touch control

Unreal-Engine 4-powered title uses procedurally generated world to create unique experiences on each playthrough

Ever-increasing development budgets rear ugly head in latest Square Enix financials

After the disastrous collapse of 2009, global advertising revenue is again on the rise. That’s according to Worldwatch Institute’s Vital Signs Online service, which found that the 9.6 per cent drop suffer in 2009 in the aftermath of the global banking meltdown has been partially reversed thanks to a 3.3 …

Japanese telco SoftBank has announced its attention to significantly increase its stake in mobile gaming site GungHo. The company plans to spend 25bn ($265m) on over 73,000 shares, taking its overall share ownership from 33.6 per cent to 58.5 per cent. It will acquire the shares from Asian Groove, a …

Telecomms giant increases stake in company by 20 per cent to 58.5 per cent

Impressive demo shows potential for diversity in triple-A development platform

1996 has been named as video gaming’s ‘golden year’ by a survey of 2,000 GAME customers. Big hits released that year included Resident Evil, Super Mario 64, Tekken 2, Crash Bandicoot, FIFA 96 (which was the first in the series to use real-life licenses) and the mighty Tomb Raider. 2002 …

One of the system's first F2P titles is in development at Zombie Studios

Measure offers deep performance insights, allowing users to diagnose problem areas and optimise game design