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Awesome Baby Names may seem like an innocuous app at first glance, but it hides dark things under the surface. That is, dark things if you’re one of those who is opposed to retro game emulation. Of which Apple is certainly is, so expect this app to be pulled very …

OMGPOP’s social gaming hit Draw Something is getting a sequel. Unconventionally, Draw Something 2 was revealed by US TV host Ryan Seacrest, who used Twitter to post a picture of Mariah Carey and Randy Jackson (with whom he works as a presenter on American Idol) that was seemingly drawn using …

Gadget Show Live Professional has confirmed that Nintendo will have a presence at the show’s Games Zone next month. It will also be exhibiting for five days at accompanying event Gadget Show Live. Furthermore, the platform holder will be joined by publishers Electronic Arts, Namco Bandai, Codemasters and Trion, as …

Attendees Amsterdam’s Black Hat security conference have discovered a security vulnerability in EA’s Origin client. ArsTechnica reports that an attack using the loophole takes just seconds to execute” and can even be done without any interaction from the PC owning victim. The weakness is similar to the one discovered in …

Hobbyist makes mod over three days to realise her dream of playing as Princess Zelda

MP George Galloway has filed an early day motion that calls for a ban on Twitter within the UK until the site opts to cooperate with local authorities. Filing the motion named "Twitter and the detection of crime", the MP believes the social-networking site should defer to UK authorities or …

The Develop Awards return in July with some updated categories and an improved lobbying process. But some important elements have stayed the same – the hugely popular industry event returns to Brighton in July, and as usual will reward the best of the best in European games development. The event …

We take a look under the hood of Epic's latest powerhouse development platform

Develop examines Crytek's next-gen ready engine powering triple-A development

We examine Blitz's multiplatform engine and soon-to-be HTML5 driven tech