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INTERNATIONAL FACTFILE: Korea, partner country of this year’s Gamescom, is home to a market that is wildly different to that of the UK. The most notable difference is a lack of games retailers. While there are stores that sell packaged games, such as the Tesco and Samsung-owned Home Plus hypermarkets, …

The Japanese market for social network games is expected to soar over the course of the current year. Numbers from Enterbrain show that the sector will climb from $2.6bn in FY 2011 to an anticipated $3.4bn in FY 2012 – that’s a year-on-year jump of 30.7 per cent. A survey …

Montreal-based indie looking for $75,000 to fund 2D action title Mercenary Kings

EA teases further entries in the franchise to be released through digital service

It was the first conversation we had as soon as FIFA for Vita was announced. You’ve had a late night taking your Manager Mode team to the brink of league glory. Your rush down your breakfast, sync your Vita with your PS3, hop off to work and claim a glorious …

Burning Skies studio entrusted with creating the new series entry for Sony's handheld

Storefront to offer free-to-play game support

The current-gen might be approaching the final straight, but Sony is ready for a sprint finish. Consensus dictates that Sony has lost” the current generation of machines. Wii sold in sufficiently high numbers that despite the fact it has been dead in the water for over a year, it will …

'People are moving to the mobile space, and related to that is shifting things to the cloud'

Its open nature and the reach of Steam make PC the ideal place for fledgling devs