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Indie dev Charilaos Kalogirou offers an insight into the trials of releasing a game for iOS

The creator of bizarre games such as No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned has spilled the beans on his new project. The latest issue of Famitsu reveals Suda 51 is now working on an action game titled Killer Is Dead, according to Andriasang. It is due for release …

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Having declared itself as The Home of Gaming” last week, Tesco has revealed a new promotion that offers a number of new games for rock-bottom prices. Both Mass Effect 3 and SSX can now be had for just 24.91. Titles slashed to just 21.91 include Street Fighter X Tekken and …

The Grand Theft Auto series is now part of an exhibition exploring more than 60 years of British design. Rockstar announced that its hugely successful games are now on display in London’s Victoria & Albert Museum as part of the new collection, British Design 1948 – 2012: Innovation in the …

Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson is working on a futuristic space game which could feature a monthly subscription. The title, known as 0x10c, is set in the future of a parallel universe where the space race never ended. Five humans are put into a deep sleep cell in 1988 and …

UK teachers have lashed out at the easy access to violent video games, blaming the phenomenon for a rise of violent and inappropriate behaviour in schools. Infants are being allowed to stay up until the early hours playing 18-rated games such as Call of Duty and Grand Theft Auto because …

Eleven start-ups get $20k and free office space to develop Kinect apps

As new market tracker shows in-app purchases on the rise