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Ico designer to finish work on The Last Guardian 'in freelance capacity'

Battery power limits handset progression, says Unity boss

Industry figurehead Chris Deering to lead new development outfit

Apple UK has published its second weekly charts, and games have once again held their own. Out of the four weekly charts – iPhone paid apps, iPhone free apps, iPad paid apps and iPad free apps – three have a game at No.1. Only the iPhone paid apps Top 10 …

[Intel sponsored feature] Finding inspiration for apps through collective thinking

Amazing Breaker takes top paid iPhone game; Mastersoft Mobile Chess wins on iPad

But web standard currently 'falls short' for high-performance games

CEO David Helgason discusses Unity's next steps and the business he's avoiding

Underwater puzzle game on hold as Andy and the team gather momentum on their Sudoku game

Microsoft has recorded its best weekly sales in the history of the Xbox brand, selling just under 1m units in seven days. More than 960,000 Xbox 360 units were sold in the US during the week of Black Friday (week ending Friday, November 25th), according to Larry "Major Nelson" Hyrb. …