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Ryan leads after 15 years at the Destiny developer

As many as 160 jobs have been cut as Gameloft shuts down eighth developer within a year

UK developer now recruiting for new Nottingham outfit, due to open in March

With consumer versions of leading virtual reality headsets finally on the horizon, James Batchelor looks at the expectations and pressures VR devs face – and asks whether 2016 really is the year that virtual reality succeeds

The smartphone sector is king, consuming all other formats in its wake, right? Apparently not. Actually, the good ol’ PC still rules the roost. The latest report by SuperData Research shows that the downloadable PC games market earned over $32bn last year – significantly more than the $25.1bn earned by …

Pixelmage Games, the studio headed up by John Smedley, has pulled its Kickstarter campaign for debut title Hero’s Song. The campaign had only been running for one week and was attempting to raise $800,000. After seven days, 3,037 backers had only managed to pledge $136,849 towards this ambitious target. We’ve …

Former SOE boss admits that Pixelmage Games “made mistakes” with first crowdfunding push

Print and digital editions available now, also features 30 Under 30 and Salary Survey results

SuperData report shows games for smart devices failed to match PC success

First game from Criterion co-founders also uses Apex Destruction and Flex for physics-based mayhem