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Following the success of the Humble Indie Bundle initiative, a new digital indie retail offer has launched online. IndieGameStand will offer a new game every four days, with the current title being SpaceChem. A portion of the proceeds will go to charity. All downloads are DRM free. Buyers are free …

Brenda Braithwaite and Tom Hall to lead development on 'old-school' RPG

Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition, Bulletstorm, and Hell Yeah!: Wrath of Dead Rabbit are now part of the Instant Game Collection for PlayStation Plus subscribers. This means that for a month, these games are available for download to all Plus subscribers at no extra cost. While PSN platformer Hell Yeah! …

Industry luminary to be recognised for contributions to childrens education

Sony has this morning entered a new phase in its mobile gaming masterplan. PlayStation Mobile is live in the UK, allowing owners of PlayStation Vita or certain certified Android devices the chance to buy third party and PlayStation-produced content. For the time being there are 12 compatible devices – PlayStation …

Developer SDK to be released in November for annual fee of $99

INTERVIEW:Patrick Soderlund is not your usual EA exec. While the likes of Riccitiello and Moore are famously focused, fierce and have an FMCG background, the Swedish label boss worked his way up from a role at developer DICE, acquired by EA in 2006, to eventually oversee all of the EA …

A 20,000+ signature petition will not be enough to save MMO City of Heroes from closure. That’s according to its developer NCsoft, which insists that the planned November 30th closure of the game will sadly proceed as scheduled. "We wanted to let you know that your voices have been heard …

Unreal 4 engine license up for grabs to winners

Both Tesco and Sainsbury’s have reported a quarterly rise in sales, leading to hopes that the worst could be behind the High Street. Leading retailer Tesco posted a slight 0.1 per cent rise in like-for-like sales excluding petrol. That’s the first rise in seven quarters at the chain. Pre-tax profit …