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There have been few transformations as dramatic as that experienced by Angry Birds. But how did Rovio do it? The person to ask is Rovio’s Peter Vesterbacka, the man who has pushed the franchise forward over the last year. His job title is ‘Mighty Eagle’. That humoured name actually means …

A modern military shooter title has been confirmed for Xbox 360 Kinect. Called Heavy Fire: Afghanistan, Eurogamer reports that the game is in fact an "expanded sequel" to WiiWare pair Heavy Fire: Special Operations and Heavy Fire: Black Arms. The game is currently pencilled in for a boxed release for …

Develop lists the ten university syllabuses given the Skillset tick

Downloaded over 100m times, and beloved as much by gamers as improbable figures like David Cameron and Margaret Atwood, Angry Birds is a true phenomenon of gaming’s new age. It started as a smartphone game, is dirt cheap at 59p, and has shifted over 2m in plush toy merchandise. The …

Dundee university covers four of the ten 'industry-endorsed' courses

Why PS1 games and physical buttons are ready to capture a new market

With mass lay-offs, studios dropping like flies and mega-franchises imploding under our feet, it’s tempting to declare that there’s never been a worse time to get into video game development. The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment (UKIE) fuelled further negativity back in January by estimating that software piracy – that …

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Though we’re no closer to knowing whether or not EA’s long-rumoured Syndicate revamp is actually in the works, the series’ original creator has said he’d love to get involved with the mystery project. Speaking to CVG, current Microsoft Game Studios boss and the founder of Syndicate developer Bullfrog Peter Molyneux …

EA founder 'planned to defeat his taxes via bankruptcy and continue living high life'