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A brand new peripheral is threatening to eclipse the advances made by technologies such as Kinect. Called Leap, the small device – which connects via USB and is about the size of a flash drive – is said by its developers to be 200x more accurate than any other motion …

Developers need to focus on cross-platform gameplay and connectivity, says Cevat Yerli

Hackable console reaches $7.7m in final day of crowdfunding campaign

Development giant joins Square Enix and U4ia in supporting new platform

It’s a tough time in the games industry, as is evidenced by some shocking numbers from the UK High Street. Still, the news is quite different for digital retail, with Minecraft developer Mojang enjoying soaring profits and digital-only release NASCAR flying off the virtual shelves. Here’s a roundup of the …

China branch to work on CryEngine 3 and provide support for free-to-play shooter Warface

Olympics fever was good news for publishers of Olympic-based games, but it wasn’t enough to save the UK games market from its worst performance ever last week. UKIE/Chart-Track data reveals that the total value of the physical UK games market for the week ending July 28th 2012 was 8.40m – …

MMO failed to gain traction amongst marketers and publishers, claims studio

Brazil is one of the most promising markets in South America. With almost 200m people living there, the audience for video games is colossal and growing demand for the latest technologies means that new releases have as much chance for success as back catalogue titles. Smartphones in particular are expected …

Mojang expecting to more than double profits from last year, says studio MD Carl Manneh