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The Borderlands franchise is headed to handhelds this month in the form of Borderlands Legends for iPhone and iPad. The announcement appeared as an ad in the Borderlands 2 digital strategy guide and was spotted by a member at the Gearbox forums. There is still no formal announcement of BorderlandsLegends …

Another major name has signed up to speak at next month’s London Games Conference. Electronic Arts’ Sean Decker has joined Google, Twitter and many other leading digital discovery and distribution firms to talk at the November 21st event. Decker runs EA’s Play4Free division, focused on free-to-play games, and his talk …

An ambitious RPG project by genre stalwarts Brenda Braithwaite and Tim Hall has been abandoned. The project was headed by Loot Drop, a studio that houses John Romero, Brenda Braithwaite and Tom Hall, and kicked off its Kickstarter drive earlier this month. The studio was after $1m to fund an …

Managing director of Disney’s recently formed Disney UTV Digital division Samir Bangara has resigned from the company. News of Bangara’s departure was first reported by Medianama and has since been confirmed to MCV by multiple reliable industry sources. Disney UTV Digital was recently formed following Disney’s acquisition of UTV to …

Anyone who believes in long-term job security is 'kidding themselves', says Tantalus CEO

Ubisoft is feeling confident about its upcoming open-world shooter Far Cry 3 – even though it launches just after Activision’s powerhouse franchise, Call of Duty. Far Cry 3 was originally set for launch in September but was pushed back for to give Ubisoft’s Montreal studio more time to create a …

Nindie.com has promised independent retailers they will get their ‘fair share’ of Wii U stock as the console’s launch approaches. Koch Media’s Nintendo supply portal says that Wii U can be delivered direct to consumers on behalf of the retailers. The cost to stores will be the normal trade price …

New scheme to be introduced over the next few weeks

Former Windows Phone exclusive DoDonPachi Maximum is to be released on iOS this week. Cave’s shooter will also be the first title from the studio to feature iPhone 5 optimisation, making full use of the increased screen real-estate offered on Apple’s latest handset. That’s not the only way in which …

Ubisoft able to push limits of console as it doesn't have to worry about cross-platform optimisation, claims Ancel