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There’s a rise in new studios set up by industry veterans and former triple-A developers. We investigate why top talent is jumping ship for a life as indies

Share prices are up as potential new owners show interest the US retailer

Four families will compete in Nintendo Switch games in the new TV show to debut this summer

Triple-A hits could be on the Switch sooner rather than later in the future

Giant Sparrow’s creative director, Ian Dallas, explains the game’s inspirations, the difficulties in creating a narrative from a collection of prototypes and how not to throw out the baby with the bathwater

Telltale claims that Kevin Bruner’s lawsuit is just an “apparent means of extracting revenge on a company already under financial strain”

The pan-European digital charts enter their second week, with the summer lull being punctuated by sharp teeth and some incisive shooting

God of more weeks at No.1, more like

Two of the three platform holders reiterate their devotion to player-first cross-play policies

Could non-gaming content help VR to regain momentum? Our colleagues at TVBEurope talk to the BBC on bringing the World Cup to headsets