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Facebook has intentions to shake its ‘casual games only’ label, as the company looks to court core audiences over the next year. The firm’s director of game partnerships Sean Ryan spoke with VentureBeat about the pursuit of hardcore genres to bolster its social network. "The next 6-to-12 months, it’s about …

Minecraft’s Xbox 360 developer 4J has revealed more staggering numbers for the indie hit’s console effort. Speaking on Twitter, a studio rep announced the port has surpassed 4m units sold in its first five months. The total figure averages out to around 27,000 copies sold a day. Last we heard, …

New clause in app guidelines targets third-party promotion services and affiliate programs

Industry veteran to advise school on its new MA in games design and development

Just hours ahead of its UK arrival tomorrow (Tuesday October 2nd), the reviews have gone live for Resident Evil 6. And as was always expected from a game that dares to stray so far from its established formula, the critical reception so far is proving very mixed. Resident Evil used …

Department of Culture, Media and Sport opens direct line for games professionals to shape games tax breaks policy

The UK government has today opened the call for industry feedback on its imminent tax break for games economic policy. In the March 2012 Budget UK chancellor George Osborne announced that the Government will introduce corporation tax reliefs for the animation, high-end television and video games industries from April 2013. …

Retailer GAME has announced the return of its 99p Play Now Trade Later scheme – and this time it is available through its website. Each week the hottest new titles will be available for only 99p when trading in any two selected games,” the site explains. When your online order …

Konami has confirmed a UK release date for Vita-only release Silent Hill: Book of Memories. The game will be arriving at European retail on November 2nd. Book of Memories differs from other entries in the series by offering multiplayer-focused gameplay presented via a top-down perspective. As well as the usual …

Games developers, publishers, tools and service providers in running for awards