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EA’s FIFA 13 has clung on to the UK top spot, despite a 72 per cent week-on-week drop in sales. The latest figures from UKIE and GfK Chart-Track show that Capcom’s Resident Evil 6 managed second place in its first week, although it becomes the fourth biggest release of the …

Developer-cum-journalists hand over control back to Develop

Two massive IPs look set to unite for a brand new Angry Birds outing. USA Today reports that Angry Birds: Star Wars will be released on November 8th for iOS, Android ‘computers’. The game’s familiar cast will adopt the likenesses and personalities of the biggest characters from the Star Wars …

The beautiful relationship between Sony and its make-believe executive Kevin Butler has come to a sticky end. The PlayStation platform holder is suing advertising firm Wildcat Creek – whose president is Kevin Butler actor Jerry Lambert – over the Kevin Butler IP. Sony claims that Wildcat used a near exact …

Bethesda’s Dishonored has staked its claim as a possible 2012 Game of the Year. The review embargo for the ambitious title broke this morning, revealing a litany of high-scoring write-ups that suggest the game is a must for all console and PC gamers. The creators of Dishonored know all about …

GREE has announced the signing of four additional North America-based indie devlopers for its mobile games platform. Independent studios Enders Fund, Fathom Interactive, Fifth Column, and FreezeTag will each publish games on GREE’s social gaming network. We’re very focused on working with indie talent here at GREE and we’re committed …

Free-to-play gaming comes to Xbox 360 this week, as the microtransaction-supported brawler Happy Wars launches for Xbox Live Gold subscribers on Friday, October 12th. The game has players going at one another in large scale multiplayer battles in up to 15v15 online skirmishes, and will also include an offline single-player …

Valve has revealed Steam’s latest weekly top sellers chart, with XCOM: Enemy Unknown pre-orders charging ahead of the pack prior to the game’s launch week. Borderlands 2 and Torchlight II continue to occupy the top half, but Dishonored pre-orders stepped in between the two to shake things up a bit …

Developers, journalists and students recognised at the inaugural talent-swap games jam

Andrew Smith reviews a game developed by Keith Stuart and Theo Chin