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Piston maker and Valve disagree over their involvement with the microcomputer

Rendering and level creation tech steps up for next generation game creators

Mobile Entertainment’s first ever ME Quiz will take place at London’s Sway Bar on Wednesday, March 27th, and just a few places remain available. The informal night will feature a Develop-esque design, offering companies the chance to bond over drinks, food, and a string of head-scratching conundrums, with Tim Green …

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Valve seems to have ruffled some feathers with its recent assertion that it is not connected in any way with Xi3’s Piston Steam Box. A statement from Valve yesterday claimed that the company began some exploratory work with Xi3 last year, but currently has no involvement in any product of …

Haven’t we been here before? The Daily Mail has today run yet another story of a child racking up a overdraft-smashing bill on a free-to-play iOS title. This time it’s The Simpsons Tapped out, in which eight-year-old Theo Rowland-Fry spent 980 on virtual donuts. It was only when my wife …

336 people attend event prompting coding know-how in the classroom

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog reports on all the key Intel news from the high profile industry conference

The heavily populated Middle Eastern nation of Iran has a much higher proportion of younger consumers, with around half of Iranians younger than 35. Theoretically, this makes Iran a promising market for video games publishers, but the industry’s potential is hindered by a barren retail landscape. There are very few …

Namco Bandai and Trion Worlds have partnered with GAME to run five Defiance lock-ins. Each event will allow attendees to try the action MMO, which is not due for release in the UK until April 2nd. They will also receive free beta access keys, and get some free food and …