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What defines a games journalist these days? If it is a person that reports on the industry, that reviews games, that gets press passes to consumer shows and carries business cards, the term can encompass thousands of teens and students that have their own website, podcast or YouTube channel. Joe …

We’ll know for certain if this video is legitimate in on September 12th. That’s when Apple will reveal the iPhone 5 to the world, but by all accounts this video looks accurate, and certainly concurs we’ve everything we’ve heard about the handset so far. Neowin reports that the prototype that’s …

Ubisoft has revealed both a (perhaps surprise) new entry in the Call of Juarez series as well as an iOS outing for the rejuvenated Rayman. Develop Techland’s main aspiration with Call of Juarez: Gunslinger will be to improve upon its predecessor, COJ: The Cartel, which was mauled by critics and …

Idea Fabrik integrates UltimatePay monetisation platform into online development solution HeroCloud

Capcom has revealed plans for its growth strategy moving forward. In its annual report, the publisher outlines big changes coming to the development cycle. It also makes clear that we’re to expect smaller teams working on more games in the future. "Teams developing major titles will be limited to 100 …

Minecraft developer Mojang has announced the Block by Block program, an initiative in partnership with the UN to encourage youth to join in the planning process of building local environments. The development studio explains the collaboration on its blog as similar to the program implemented in Sweden. A reconstruction of …

New game in BAFTA winning adventure series a go

The total number of US gamers has seen a significant reduction in 2012, according to an NPD report. USA Today reports the group’s Gamer Segmentation 2012: The New Faces of Gamers report estimates there are currently 211.5m gamers in America, a five per cent decline from 2011. The report specifies …

Total War Battles: Shogun lead designer says developers should stress design over tech

Ubisoft, which had ditched its notorious always-online DRM last year, has confirmed that it will not be going back to it. In an interview with PC gaming site Rock Paper Shotgun, Ubi’s worldwide director for online games Stephanie Perotti and corporate communications manager Michael Burk said that future Ubisoft PC …