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Online games company continues mobile push

China smartphone market to reach 215 million by year's end

Canadian development team shut down after 21 years of business

Amazon has spilt the launch date beans on Microsoft’s upcoming Kinect- exclusive title Fable: The Journey. The online retailer has listed an October 9th release on Lionhead’s fifth title for the franchise. Fable: The Journey has players riding with a horse and cart around the roads of Albion, deciding whether …

Nintendo has bolstered its online focus today with the hiring of Duncan Orrell-Jones to the company’s newly created Senior VP of Network Business position. Effective July 1st, Orrell-Jones will look to develop and implement Nintendo of America’s digital strategy for Wii U and 3DS. Orrell-Jones will be working out of …

Non-profit video game organization Institute of Play has unveiled theGames, Learning and AssessmentLab, a new design center that will research and develop compelling games in an effort to engage students. Announced today during the Aspen Ideas Festival, GLASSlab also aims to provide data on students’ comprehension of core skills needed …

Digit Game Studios attracted by access to world-class developers and government support

The latest issue of MCV is now available digitally, and it features interviews with Xbox’s Chris Lewis and Phil Spencer. We also investigate SmartGlass, pay tribute to departing Nintendo UK boss David Yarnton and speak to Gianluca Vialli about his new game The magazine is available for iPad. Download our …

IndieCity dev workshop sets out to 'turn players into producers'