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German publisher looks to reboot franchise with original developer Pyro onboard

Blizzard Entertainment’s Saralyn Smith has been announced as the final keynote speaker for the Devcom 2018 developer conference. Devcom will take place on August 19th and 20th in Cologne, Germany, part of the run up to games event Gamescom, Europe’s biggest video game event. Smith, who recently took on the …

As they settle into their shiny new building, we talk to David Braben and his team about the scientific authenticity that lies at the heart of each and every Frontier game

Director Duncan Jones onboard to recreate Nu-Earth on the big screen

Lack of detail and methodology undermine potentially concerning results

Crash Bandicoot: N.Sane Trilogy holds onto the top spot for the third week in a row, holding off several new entries to remain king of the Top Ten. Crash ascended the charts again off the back of a multiplatform release which saw the game arrive on the Xbox One, Switch …

TeacherGaming’s CEO Santeri Koivisto tells us about the many benefits of using video games in the classroom, why developers and publishers should get involved and how the firm intends to become the ‘Steam for schools’

BioWare’s James Ohlen announced his departure from Bioware yesterday, via a statement made on Twitter. Ohlen, who has been with Bioware for 22 years, was best known for his work as lead designer on titles like Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2, Neverwinter Nights and creative director on Star Wars: The …

So just how did work-for-hire studio Digital Extremes use the free-to-play model to take control of its own destiny?

You’ve been the CEO of Jagex for 18 months now – what’s the biggest thing you’ve learnt? Something I always considered previously and which has become even more apparent now as CEO, is that everything we do is connected to people. Vision, creativity, technology, processes… those are all of course …