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A movie based on the Angry Birds franchise has been rumoured for a while, but Rovio has now finally made it official. The animated flick will hit cinemas in 2016, and will be produced by John Cohen, who also produced Despicable Me. Former Marvel Studios chairman David Maisel, who stepped …

Rockstar North is hiring for what appears to be work on an engine designed for current and next generation platforms. Job listings spotted by NowGamer indicate that the Grand Theft Auto V developer is looking to create a cutting-edge engine. The studio is seeking an experienced programmer to focus on …

Crytek CEO details the studio's vision for the future of gaming

Indiagames, or rather DisneyUTV Digital (we’re not sure anymore), has bagged the best game design award at the recently concluded 24FPS International Animation Awards. The company won the award for its Java-based action game Wolverine: Mutant Armageddon. While Indiagames picked up the award, there’s no mention of the other games …

If you didn’t already have enough reason to pick up the Humble THQ Bundle, the troubled publisher has sweetened the pot further by adding Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War into the mix. A few days ago, Titan Quest and Red Faction Armageddon’s Path of War DLC were added to the …

Rovio has announced that a 3D Angry Birds film will launch itself into cinemas in the summer of 2016. Despicable Me producer John Cohen has signed on as producer with former Marvel Studios chairman (and executive producer of Iron Man) David Maisel serving as executive producer. Rovio Entertainment has decided …

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Having already made in excess of $4.5m across 800k purchases, THQ has added even more goodies to its popular Humble THQ Bundle. The pay-what-you-want deal already offered copies of Red Faction: Armageddon, Metro 2033, Darksiders, Company of Heroes and its two expansions. Saints Row: The Third was added for all …

Brighton-based studio to retain control over its IP

With the Kickstarted Ouya now very much on the way, you might think that the Android Console market was all sewn up. Apparently not. Seattle based start-up (and CAPS LOCK nightmare) eSfere Entertainment claims to have designed a unique video game console that will allow people to play their favourite …