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'All staff to leave company at the end of the month'

Eurogamer Expo has signed Virgin Media as its headline sponsor. The broadband specialists will be showing off its services at the event, while current Virgin Media customers will have access to discounted tickets and early access to the event. Virgin Media will also get a year-long presence across Eurogamer’s network …

Code Hero turns games development into a game; Crowdfunding used to go beyond beta

Moshi Monsters studio looking to break US consumer market

Our monthly examination of great games dev middleware

The Serious Organised Crime Agency has closed down music website RnBXclusive.com and says those who used it could be fined and imprisoned. SOCA threatened users with an ‘unlimited’ fine and up to ten years imprisonment as it claimed the music site shared files that were ‘stolen from the artists’, resulting …

We look at how Unity games can find success on Facebook

L.A. Noire, Batman: Arkham City, Uncharted 3 and LittleBigPlanet 2 are amongst the games that have received the most nominations for this year’s GAME British Academy Video Games Awards. The Rockstar crime thriller and Warner Bros. superhero classic have received eight nominations, including Artistic Achievement, Best Game Design, Original Music, …

Tiga backed document proposes incentives to support the 'growth and viability' of UK development

Indie FPS still selling well after 2009 standalone release