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Loot Drop, a studio that houses John Romero, Brenda Braithwaite and Tom Hall, has become the latest to embrace crowdfunding site Kickstarter. The studio is after $1m to fund an old-school” fantasy RPG, with Braithwaite (Wizardry, Dungeons & Dragons) and Hall (Doom) heading up development duties. Furthermore, if the project …

Social network a 'key differentiator' to competition in the console space

Broke Rules' Martin Pichlmair discusses how Nintendo has learnt its lessons from the current generation

You’re nothing but a mindless number. It’s time to liberate yourself – by buying an alternative expensive smartphone? That’s the mindset Nokia is hoping to engender with its new Lumia 920 short. In it Apple fans are depicted and mindless automatons, grimly queuing to get their hands on an iPhone …

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