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Codemasters parent company Reliance Big Entertainment has acquired new studios in Korea and Japan with a view to increase its footprint in the two markets. Mumbai outfit Reliance has scooped mobile game development and publishing company Funnel Japan in Japan, and secured a majority 51 per cent share of mobile …

Bluesom and Funnel Japan join Reliance Big Entertainment

Company MD running 26.2 miles for The Katie Piper Foundation

Steam-powered microcomputer joins PS4 in holiday 2013 release window

2K Games proudly claims that BioShock Infinite will live long in the memory of gamers and the industry. The publisher has faith in the quality of its new shooter and it’s backing the title with a monster marketing campaign. BioShock Infinite is like no other shooter out there,” Simon Turner, …

Space agency increases in roads to games industry with free Space Flight pack conceived for game jammers

Ubisoft wants to ‘redefine piracy in modern entertainment’ with Assassin’s Creed IV. The new title features a new pirate assassin, but this is a far more serious take on the pirate story than Treasure Island and Pirates of the Carribean – something that’s new to video games and Ubisoft hopes …

Trade body adjusts requirements to suit team sizes and solo developers

Financial support for devs returns, offering up to £25k for devs based in or heading to Scotland

Nintendo’s creative mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto says Pikmin 3 ought to have been a Wii U launch title. He told Time Magazine, that the line-up was not ‘as robust’ as he’d have liked, and a triple-A, high quality game like Pikmin would have helped He said: "If you look back at …