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The Conservative Party has launched a microsite explaining the reasons why it believes the UK video games industry is worthy of a tax break. The coalition’s gaming tax breaks will come into effect on April 1st and could see dev costs slashed by 25 per cent for those projects that …

FIFA 11 among publisher's list of imminent cut offs

Studio lease comes to an end after three years as Phil Fish teases US branch

Rumours suggest that Apple might drop its iPhone 5 design completely and launch a fully-redesigned iPhone later this year. PCR reports that app developers have noticed references to iPhone6,1” in their dev logs, as well as references to iOS 7. This is the same pattern that appeared before the announcement …

3D scanning and facial tracking among tool's new capabilities

UK studio looking for $100,000 to bring GameStick into full production

Significantly fewer games received an average review score of 90 per cent or above in 2012 than they did in the preceding three years. That’s according to review aggregation site Metacritic, which says that just 18 games (14 of which were on console) achieved the higher score bracket last year. …

Series reboot gets multiplayer offering by Deus Ex team

Twelve titles dropped by social gaming giant to date as part of cost-cutting measures

Casual games firm PlayJam has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund a new console that plugs directly into a TV’s HDMI slot. The new device, aptly titled GameStick, will run Android games and come with a Bluetooth controller. The stick-shaped console then slots into the controller for easier portability. While …