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Terry Cavanagh, much to his surprise, appears to have a hit on his hands with Super Hexagon. The indie developer, and Forbes 30 under 30 man, revealed on Reddit that his iOS title had been downloaded over 10,000 times just three days out from launch. It’s sold about 10,000 copies …

Another notable figure has dripped out from the NPD group following its August report. A company rep told Joystiq that Sleeping Dogs 172,000 copies at US retail across PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms during the month. The news comes after it was revealed Darksiders 2 sold 247,000 total copies at …

Former EA Play boss joins Schappert and Verdu in leaving casual games giant

EA is open to developers experimenting with ideas, says Karl Magnus Troedsson

This year’s edition of Build Your Own Game (BYOG) will be held during November’s Game Developer Conference, NASSCOM has announced. Organised by NASSCOM and Indie GameDev India and supported by Intel, the three-day sprint will be hosted by the DSK Supinfocom College for Game Design. Last year’s event saw 63 …

Thorughout September, MCV’s is publishing interviews with key execs from across the industry as part of our Jobs In Games special, in association with OPM. Today, we chat to Louise Powell, Nintendo’s trade marketing manager, about how her role differs from that of traditional marketing. How would you summarise your …

EA has revealed that The Hunt Map Pack for Medal of Honor: Warfighter will allow gamers to compete online in a locations based on the real-world hunt for Osama Bin Laden. The former leader of terrorist group Al-Qaeda was killed by American special forces in May 2011. Now EA has …

Eight week Pingflux trial to provide 'unrestricted view' of user interactions

Zynga has partnered with MMO icon Richard Garriott for the launch of his studio’s new social game Ultimate Collector. The title is already available on Facebook in the form of a Limited Beta. It is developed by Portalarium, the studio founded by Ultima Online Tabula Rasa creator Richard Garriott. The …

Trade body asks for tax breaks to be available for various studio sizes and business models