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Terry Cavanagh, much to his surprise, appears to have a hit on his hands with Super Hexagon. The indie developer, and Forbes 30 under 30 man, revealed on Reddit that his iOS title had been downloaded over 10,000 times just three days out from launch. It’s sold about 10,000 copies …
Read More »Marmalade SDK spreads to Windows and Mac
Latest update aims to relieve need for porting mobile to PC
Read More »Ngmoco lays off 20 staff at iOS studio Freeverse
Former Crytek and EALA exec producer Nathan Camarillo appointed as studio leader
Read More »UK indie’s first person survival horror game Routine revealed
A brand new survival horror game has come to life that looks to challenge the likes of Day Z in the hardcore gaming stakes. The title is called Routine. It’s being developed by UK startup Lunar Software, which was founded in September 2011 by former Eurocom developer Aaron Foster. The …
Read More »Origin coming to Mac, Facebook and Android
Storefront to offer free-to-play game support
Read More »iPhone and iPad designer Jonathan Ive knighted
Britain 'has a remarkable design tradition' says Apple exec
Read More »Steam launches remote game downloads feature
Valve has brought Steam’s remote downloads feature out of beta, letting users of the digital distribution service manage their personal game catalogs through browsers and mobile apps. Users may log into the Steam website or use Steam’s iOS/Android mobile app to access their library anywhere, and download items such as …
Read More »Angry Birds Space racks up 50 million downloads
Angry Birds Space has surpassed 50m downloads in just over a month of availability. Rovio announced on its blog that the mark was hit within 35 days, breaking the company’s previous records and making the title ‘the fastest growing mobile game yet.’ The developer ends the reveal with a tease …
Read More »Epic Mickey 2 PC and Mac versions revealed
Disney’s upcoming Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is to receive a PC/Mac release. The publisher confirmed toGameInformerthat the sequel will shed its previously announced console-only label that the original game also held. Disney added that the version will be a hybrid PC/Mac release, which would seem to fall …
Read More »Walking Dead to release cross-platform next month
Five instalments to be released at monthly intervals
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