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Creative agency Tilting Point has named former PopCap man Giordano Bruno Contestabile as its new VP of product management and revenue. The move brings an end to the exec’s five-year stint at the EA-owned casual games studio, where he most recently served as executive producer to the Bejeweled franchise. Before …

Work has begun on a PS4 title at Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream. What that does not mean, however, is that the studio’s upcoming Beyond: Two Souls is heading to Sony’s next-gen machine, with company boss Guillaume de Fondaumire confirming to Eurogamer that – for the time being at least …

The restriction that prevented Wii U owners from downloading 18+ content from the Nintendo eShop during daytime hours has been lifted. "Adults can now browse and buy all games at any time of the day,” a statement confirmed. "Following analysis of the Parental Controls system on Wii U and Nintendo …

A game called Sweatshop HD has been pulled from the Apple App Store owing to the sensitive nature of its content. Pocket Gamer reports that Apple said it was "uncomfortable selling a game based around the theme of running a sweatshop". The irony, of course, is that Apple itself has …

Canadian developer Roadhouse Interactive has become the latest studio to get its hands on an official Warhammer license. The company has reached an agreement with Games Workshop to make a side-scrolling Space Marine game for smartphones and tablets. The work we have seen to-date from Roadhouse makes us extremely confident …

Stainless Games has confirmed intentions to bring Carmageddon: Reincarnation to next-gen consoles. The game had already been confirmed for PC after successfully raising in excess of $625k on Kickstarter, but now an additional round of funding totalling $3.5m has seen plans expanded. "We are delighted to have fully funded Carmageddon: …

The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age is now available to play for free in browsers. The Facebook game is developed by Kabam and draws heavily on the license recently popularised by the first of Peter Jackson’s films. It’s the second game to be released via the collaboration between Warner …

Six out of ten publishers have admitted that they either rarely release or never release their games in boxed physical form. The exception, of course, is console and PC releases where the majority of publishers either release game physically or via a ‘Buy&Download’ model. That’s just one of many findings …

Steam title Antichamber has done pretty well for itself since its release in June. Creator Alexander Bruce told Polygon that the game has sold 100,000 units on Valve’s platform. And for those thinking 100k is not an impressive number – we can assure you it’s far in excess of some …

We’ve had Street Fighter X Tekken, but where’s the other game that was announced as part of the deal between Namco Bandai and Capcom? Tekken X Street Fighter has been conspicuous in its absence this year, and now perhaps we have an idea why. "We are changing and considering platform …