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Resident Evil 6 is set to arrive on PCs on 22nd March, Capcom has announced. While the PC version will be available in Europe (and by extension, India) on disc and digitally, interestingly, the US will only see a digital release. A few days ago, Capcom announced a near-simultaneous PC …

The highest selling game at Flipkart.com, which is India’s largest video games retailer, in 2012 wasn’t even released this year. Amidst big releases like FIFA 13, Assassin’s Creed 3, Max Payne 3 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, it was 2008’s Grand Theft Auto IV that topped the sales charts for 2012. …

UK retailers sold 2,075,634 games last week, generating over 50m in revenue. Sales have been steadily rising throughout December as Christmas approaches, and last week sales were driven by significant price reductions on games such as Medal of Honor, Halo, Hitman, Need for Speed and more. Unit sales rose 11 …

Platform no longer a 'moving target' for developers

Local industry claims silver lining in vibrant sector as the number of new studios rises

Is this dev sector thriving at a time when Britain is in the grip of economic turmoil? Develop finds out

Publisher pays the price after a 40 per cent value drop as of June 2012

Users now able to sell their own games, apps and tools for the credit card-sized computer

14 staff have lost their jobs at David Braben’s Frontier Developments. Eurogamer reports that the studio, which until the cuts employed 233 people, told those affected of the losses at 6pm on Friday December 14th, just 11 days before Christmas. "Frontier regretfully has given a total of 14 people (from …

14 staff let go as company looks to 'shift the balance of skills'