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The founder of mobile games firm Ngmoco has said that EA is best positioned to face the transition from boxed sales to digital downloads. Neil Young – also a former EA Los Angeles executive – claimed that publishers such as Activision are doing a worse job of preparing a strong …

Online animation service furthers ties with popular game engine

Former Bizarre Creations staff have this morning announced their founding of a new indie game developer called Hogrocket. Based in the north-west, Hogrocket is set to work on developing games for multiple platforms, and currently has one unnamed project underway. The studio has been established by Ben Ward, Pete Collier …

One game underway at indie founded by trio of veterans from now defunct racing game specialist

An inside look at the work that went into making the recently released RTS look so good

EA’s Crysis 2 has finally arrived in the US and hits UK retail on Friday, and with the review embargo lifting last night reviewers have been heaping praise on the long awaited sequel. The game currently carries a Metacritic average of 87 per cent, making it one of the biggest …

Signs are pointing to possible HD remakes for two Resident Evil games – Resident Evil 4 and Code Veronica: Director’s Cut. Andriasang, which itself admits that it can’t be absolutely certain of the report’s validity, says that the publisher is preparing what it is calling Resident Evil Revival Selection HD …

A report on leading Japanese games news source Andriasang is claiming that publisher Hudson has cancelled three proposed 3DS titles. The games in question are Bomberman 3DS, platform title Bonk and side scrolling shooter Omega Five. Weekly Japanese trade magazine Famitsu is cited as the source. It’s believed that the …

In the first announcement of its kind, mobile games publisher Gameloft has revealed a new game that will be exclusive to Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play for a limited time. Called Backstab, the initial imagery released stirs up memories of titles like Assassin’s Creed and Prince of Persia. It will be …

Creative Assembly veteran coder Richard Broadhurst on applying next-gen tech to Total War