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With a growing list of $15+ iOS games, Square Enix has finally emerged to explain why it has adopted a pricing structure adverse to what mobile gamers are currently used to. The publisher offers a handful of titles on the App Store, including games from Final Fantasy and The World …

Social game developer Supercell has revealed its averaging over the startling figure of $500,000 a day between two iOS games. The studio told The New York Times its raking a cool $350,000 daily from the App Store after Apple takes it 30 per cent. That means Supercell is bringing in …

Valve has revealed its searching for people to playtest its games and hardware prototypes. The announcement comes after the company’s newly unveiled hardware division indicated that public beta tests are planned for next year. Those interested need to submit a general survey to Valve and must be local to the …

Free-to-play won't just be strategy games and RPGs, says Kongregate co-founder

Best advice for indies is 'start saving lots of money' says A Virus Named Tom's Holly Keenan

Bracelet pushes boundaries of motion control with finger tracking and real-time 3D rendering

Video games media site IGN Entertainment has launched its IGN application today on Xbox Live. The application will give Xbox Live gold subscribers access to the site’s video content direct from their console. The app will stream gaming-related content including previews, guides, live streams, presentations, industry events and more. IGN’s …

Square Enix has announced pre-order details of the survival and deluxe collector’s editions of upcoming saction adventure game Tomb Raider. Tomb Raider, which is due for release next year, will come in three editions: standard, survival and deluxe. The Survival Edition will include the game, a mini art book, double …

Lecturer and senior designer Justin Parsler on why teaching is integral to the future of games development

If you’re in games PR and not attending, make sure your boss doesn’t find out… Trade tickets for this year’s Games Media Awards are almost all gone. So act now if you want to make sure you’re at the big night of the year for the UK’s games press.ContactKathryn.Humphrey@intentmedia.co.ukto book …