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New development branch working on Facebook hidden object game Living Classics

Indie PC hit Day Z is officially being developed into a standalone tite. Arma II creators Bohemia Interactive are funding the venture, though Day Z creator Dean Hall has been hired as project lead. This is thefairy-tale outcome for a mod that many would have said impossible four months ago,” …

Latest update also adds simplified workflows and improved baking support

Zynga has revealed a new browser title which it has labelled as the first in the next generation of social games. ChefVille allows players to run their own restaurants and learn new recipes as they expand their business. Recipes learnt in game can be uploaded to Facebook with players able …

Leading UK developer expands operations to Nova Scotia

Ubisoft is bringing Beyond Good & Evil HD to the High Street as part of a new digital triple pack. The publisher’s Xbox Live Hits Collection features the acclaimed Michel Ancel adventure, as well as popular 2011 XBLA hits From Dust and Outland. Now if all that sounds familiar, it’s …

David Goldfarb takes up role as game director at newly established Stockholm base

Retailer Amazon has reported that UK consumers are for the first time purchasing more digital books than they are physical copies. Specifically, it currently sells 114 Kindle books for every 100 print books. And it appears that as well as being of benefit to Amazon, the switch to digital has …

The organisers of a gay-focused gaming and geek convention have easily hit their funding target on crowd-sourcing site Kickstarter. The project had sought $25k in funding but at the time of writing stands at $31,301 with 24 days still to go. To date it has attracted 634 backers. Community is …

Birgitta Lundvik to focus on further expansion for middleware firm