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The STALKER IP has a new home. BitComposer, which published the third title in the STALKER series Call of Pripyet, has acquired the licence from its developer GSC Game World. The deal gives BitComposer exclusive worldwide rights to all video games carrying the STALKER name. The acquisition of the STALKER …

Developer delight over tax cuts but cultural test sparks confusion and dismay

As of midnight tonight, Football Manager Handheld 2013 will be available on iOS and Android devices. The game brings together a number of enhancements implemented as a result of user feedback with improvements including an all-new player comparison module, twitter support for all devices and skins developed specifically for tablet …

The creative director of The Last of Us has admitted that the studio has come under pressure to relegate the game’s female lead Ellie to the background of the game’s cover. The final box art of the game, which can be seen below, has Ellie in the foreground with fellow …

80 per cent of people in the US and Europe are familiar with the SimCity brand, says EA. And more than 12 million people have played a version of SimCity within the last year. EA revealed these stats as it gears up to launchits first true SimCitysequel in ten years …

Some gaming enthusiasts find buying games on the High Street safer than via online, says Ubisoft. The firm’s free-to-play publishing director Thomas Paincon said that some consumers trust the High Street over online services and free-to-play games. And that’s why the firm is launching a boxed version of digital F2P …

Music labels and other entertainment suppliers are backing HMV with more than 40m of funding in the run-up to Christmas. That’s according toThe Telegraph, which reports that the financial boost is in addition to other measures secured last year between HMV and its suppliers in order to keep th retailer …

MMO avoids free-to-play and adopts traditional pay-up-front model

Rubicon's big mistake was 'expecting a tablet-only store'

3D optimisation middleware used in Gears of War: Judgment and Infinity Blade: Dungeons