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Will Freeman catches up with the independent studios and individuals currently making waves...

Companies share app porting technology and swap notes on BREW

Super Mario Galaxy 2 has sold nearly 1 million units in the US. The game has shifted over 900,000 copies since its release one month ago. Nintendo revealed the impressive sales figure in a Q&A on their Investor Relations site, according to 1up. The platform holder also announced New Super …

Yesterday was truly a great day for football. In a performance brimming with skill, passion and pride, Testology won this year’s MCV & Xbox 360 Games 5s. Oh, and England beat the mighty Slovenia. Bethesda were losing finalists in the Cup competition, while in the Plate, Sumo Digital beat Ubisoft …

QA company wins the cup while Sumo Digital takes the Plate at scorching tournament

GameHorizon to fight on with private funding, while Screen Yorkshire undertakes 'urgent reassessment'

The Mustard Corporation on board as it begins to develop its own games

Computer graphics and animation event coming to LA at the end of next month

In an effort to get as many people as possible on board for the launch of PlayStation Plus, the new premium arm to Sony’s PSN service, the platform holder has confirmed that it will give away a free digital copy of LittleBigPlanet to all Europeans who sign up between June …

Most publishers are still pondering exactly how they intend to tap into the Facebook market – well they had better get a move on, because if founder Mark Zuckerberg is to believed the market reach of the social network is on track to achieve some startling results. The Guardian reports …