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Eight years on from its video games debut, French comic IP XIII is to re-enter the video games market with a new game called XII Lost Identity. In 2003 Ubisoft published XIII on PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC. Though graphically striking thanks to its use of cel-shaded graphics, the game …

Rockstar has confirmed that it does in fact intend to release Grand Theft Auto III on older, single-core iPhone and iPads. Last week MCV reported that as part of the game’s ten-year anniversary developer Rockstar was to release it on select iOS and Android devices – namely, those with a …

Beatnik Games CEO Sherif Aziz talks about why he believes this is 'the best era yet to be an Indie'

Google has removed a popular software emulator that allows Android users to play illegal copies of SNES games on their handsets from the Android Marketplace. Pocket Gamer reports that Google said the download violated the Developer Content policy”. Furthermore, its developer Ex Plus Alpha risks a permanent ban from the …

Apple has announced that it sold in excess of 4m iPhone 4S handsets in the device’s first three days of availability. That works out at around 55,555 units per hour, or 926 units per second. It’s also twice as many as iPhone 4 sold in the same period. In addition, …

But Project Zomboid faces consumer anger as master update code is lost to thieves

Microsoft’s Halo-centric development studios 343 Industries has outlined exactly how Kinect integration will work in upcoming November release Halo: Anniversary. IGN reports that three specific features have been detailed – Voice Commands, Analyse Mode and The Library. The first allows gamers to use voice commands to perform basic in-game tasks …

Following RIM’s worldwideBlackBerry signal failure, the firm plans to make it up to the millions of irate customers with a selection of apps in a bid to "work tirelessly to restore their confidence." BlackBerry users received little or no information from RIM on the service outage, which has led many …

Project management techniques need to match their teams and be dynamic, writes The Creative Assembly's Tim Heaton

Australian dev scene suffers devastating blow as Happy Feet Two studio shuts down