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Mini-game franchise Big Beach Sports will return with a second outing for the Wii this summer, publisher THQ has revealed. The game is currently in development at Jet Black Games. Big Beach Sports 2 will feature five new outdoor games touching on more traditional sports such as rugby, cricket, disc …

Ibis Capital's review picks apart the figures of the games industry today.

Two former bosses at fallen studio Free Radical have been given a 50,000 to develop a Facebook game. David Doak and Steve Ellis have both received the generous grant from a regional investment body, and will develop the Facebook title GangstaPets at their new microstudio, ZinkyZonk. Develop has the full …

Despite a prolonged period of silence, we could be hearing a lot more about Sony Online Entertainment’s The Agency in the very near future. You are going to see The Agency,” SOE president John Smedley told GameTrailers. You’re going to get something about The Agency very soon. And I mean …

Final list of speakers and keynotes to be announced shortly

Student development competition draws in over 100 international teams

The Butterflyers talk-up experience testing with target audiences, no matter their age

Having dropped off the radar for a few months, EA’s iPhone version of Mirror’s Edge has reportedly re-merged as an iPad-optimised title – with a an iPad-optimised price tag. TouchArcade reports that the game will carry a $14.99 price tag when it hits the App Store in conjunction with the …

BAFTA winners The Butterflyers are doing well, and they've only just graduated

Fresh details about the exciting looking Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions have been revealed, chief amongst them is a global release window – this September. The game will see the web-slinger deal with shifting between four different dimensions, two of which have been revealed. One sees the wall-crawler set in the traditional …