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Hundreds of women game designers have spoken out on Twitter about rampant sexism in the game industry as the reason why there are so few female developers in the sector. Taking to Twitter to vent their feelings in their hundreds over the hashtag ‘1reasonwhy’, developers and female gamers alike lamented …

Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft must respond to the free-to-play model, says Ouya adviser

The creators of cult console hit Katamari Damacy and indie endless runner Canabalt have teamed up to create a brand new title. Keita Takahashi and Adam Saltsman are offering the title to all those who pledge at least $5 to LA Game Space’s Kickstarter pledge. Furthermore, a pledge of $15 …

There was a standout performer from Amazon’s Black Friday sales last week – its iPad-rivalling Kindle Fire. The tablet PC enjoyed its best ever sales during the period having been discounted to just 99. The machine normally sells for 129. Although exact sales numbers were not revealed, Amazon did confirm …

New smaller console to be released on December 7th, according to Best Buy Canada listing

Unsubstantiated rumours from little known websites are never correct, right? Wrong. Yesterday MCV reported word from the internet that Nintendo was preparing to launch a Wii Mini before the end of the year. We didn’t really believe it. And many of you didn’t either. How foolish of us. The Canadian …

Hundreds of Twitter users reveal their shocking experiences in the game sector

Zoombugs has released a new Manchester United themed app on the Apple App Store. Called Manchester Untied Challenge by Thomas Cook, the game allows users to choose between three current United stars – aging Welsh winger Ryan Giggs, Dutch striker and former Gooner Robin Van Persie and Japanese international Shinji …

Develop looks at a new tool for monitoring player behaviour

The next generation of consoles will struggle to prosper unless Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo adapt their way of business. That’s according to former Microsoft man, Xbox co-creator and Ouya board member Ed Fries, who reckons that the Apple model for games publishing is the new standard. It’s getting harder and …