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This month’s three big releases are in stores now, and despite a spate of festivals and bank holidays,there haven’t been significant delays. The console versions of Square Enix’s open-world romp Sleeping Dogs, which was set for release on 17th August, reached retailers on time, but the PC version was delayed …

PopCap has confirmed recent rumours, reporting over 50 employees at its HQ in Seattle and an unspecified number of staff in the company’s Dublin studio have been laid off. The developer’s co-founder John Vechey posted on PopCap’s blog earlier today explaining that while having to deal with this kind of …

Yet another open-world zombie title is on the way. It’s called State of Decay and it’s being made by Undead Labs. It was previously announced in 2011 as an Xbox Live Arcade exclusive going by the name of Class 3. Its makers describe it as an ambitious zombie-survival open world …

Unite 12: Popular engine to offer developers deployment to forthcoming Microsoft platforms

Unite 12: Titles published through Union to be released on Atom powered smartphones and tablets

Unite 12: Unity Asset Store: Online Services to help engine's users reach consumers and maximise earnings

A leading EA executive has predicted the death of High Street games retail within ten years. "We know that packaged goods work today, and the majority of our current revenue comes from that," EA Games’ executive VP Patrick Soderlund told CVG. "That’s still a viable business model. But in the …

Nintendo Power’s near 25-year run is apparently coming to an end. A report out of Ars Technica states that Future Publishing is planning to stop production of the magazine. The report was seemingly confirmed hours later by Nintendo Power senior editor Chris Hoffman sending out Twitter posts on how he …

Partnership with Studica offers discounts to aspiring developers currently in education

Nintendo has announced it will host a Wii U press event in New York City next month. The invite-only function takes place on September 13th and will be presented by Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime. Nintendo states the event promises to reveal more about how the Wii U will …