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Atomhawk Design director Cumron Ashtiani assesses the strengths and weaknesses of stylised graphics

Zumba Fitness has finally run out of steam. Square Enix title Deus Ex: Human Revolution has debuted at No.1 in the ELSPA Gfk Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It fell just 26,000 units short of beating the lifetime sales of Deus Ex: Invisible War in just two days on the …

The ‘Reclaimer Trilogy’ – that’s the name of the three games that will kick off with the arrival of Halo 4 next year, 343 Industries has told an audience at the Halo Fest event. Eurogamer reports that around 200 developers are currently working on Halo 4 and that work on …

Today, Sidhe’s iPhone unit PikPok released its first browser-based game, a goal-kicking Java game for Adidas called ‘Own the game’. Players must flick their mouse across a moving ball to hit moving sprite-based teammates amongst markers, in what turns out to be a very fun promotional game for Adidas‘ new …

After anin-principle agreement was reached by the Attorneys-General, the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC)has been drafting points on the new policy on R18+. On the ALRC web site, a list of the key principles being adhered to for the creation of the new R18+ guidelines has been posted, with people …

After already having received substantial funding from investors, Bubble Gum Interactive now reports it has received an additional AUD$200’000. The developer announced that Sydney Angel Sidecar Fund, an AUD$10 million fund looking to disperse amongst early stage business ventures over the next 5 years, has chosen to invest in Bubble …

Develop continues its profiles of emerging and leading technology

Tubby Games has signed a distribution deal with Koch Media for its first release, Now! That’s What I Call Music: The Game. The Wii exclusive is a hybrid dancing and singing game, produced with EMI. Now! has been ubiquitous for over 30 years,” said Koch MD Craig McNicol. We are …

Blizzard has dismissed fears that PC?MMO World of Warcraft is on the wane. The developer and publisher reported 11.4m subscribers in its last financial report, a drop of 600,000 since its 2010 high when the expansion pack Cataclysm was launched. But the company believes it can still ‘build and sustain’ …

The man responsible for getting more games on Facebook wants it to start hosting core crowd pleasers like shooters and footy sims. In an interview with MCV, Facebook’s global head of game partnerships Sean Ryan said he wants the site to have as broad a selection as that found on …