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Microsoft has significantly grown its audience – and it has the accolades to prove it. The platform holder took home the Best Family Game award at this year’s Video Game BAFTAs for Kinect Sports. And the firm’s UK boss says that this represents a major shift in audience for Xbox. …

Xbox 360 holder 'refused to publish Machinarium due to non-exclusivity'

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It’s a very different looking Top 40 this week, with 12 new games in the charts. Critically acclaimed shooter Crysis 2 takes the No.1 spot, beating off stiff competition from 3DS software and LEGO Star Wars III, the latter making No.2. This means THQ’s Homefront has dropped slightly down the …

Studio founder Jakub Dvorský to embrace platforms beyond PC after piracy woes

Treasury will publish Skills Review response 'in the summer'; Livingstone to meet Education dept today

Nintendo isnâ??t snubbing 'garage devs', it just canâ??t work with them, says Andrew Smith

Creators of Machinarium, Amanita Design, have unveiled a trio of new projects.

Jakub Dvorský is bringing his acclaimed point-and-click adventure game to PS3 and tablets later this year.

Distributor Koch is kicking off the next five years of Nindie.com with ‘surprising’ deals on 3DS. Nindie.com – a Nintendo-specific distribution portal for indie retailers – has been hugely popular since it launched in 2006. The firm won the MCV Award for best distributor off the back of it in …