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The long rumoured acquisition has reportedly come to pass: Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings has begun its purchase of the majority stake in Supercell.

Crowdfunded toys-to-life game Fabulous Beasts has been rechristened as Beasts of Balance after encountering trademark registration issues.

Fantastic Contraption creator Northway Games has introduced a slew of features focused on making the virtual reality title more communal.

Roughly a third of Valve’s workforce are now dedicated to virtual reality research and development, the company has revealed.

The creators of upcoming Xbox One and PC title ReCore have revealed how they made its colour-focused gameplay accessible to colourblind players.

Everybody's Gone To The Rapture
The Chinese Room

Proving the power of a rural English setting as a platform for a distinctly eerie, atmospheric experience, The Chinese Room's non-linear adventure presented a chilling, carefully presented tale from the Shropshire countryside. It was as engrossing as it was distinct, enjoying a bounty of critical praise without pandering to convention.

Her Story
Sam Barlow

Hailed as the return of the FMV game, a triumph of the non-agme... Читать дальше...

Japanese developer Hironobu Sakaguchi, best known as the creator of the Final Fantasy series, is planning to form a new studio.

IKinema has announced that its RunTime middleware is currently being used by Supermassive Games.

The head of Square Enix believes that a greater number of mobile developers should release their titles as premium products, in order to make the business model more sustainable on the platform.

What do shadow theatre and Intel RealSense have in common?

More than you would think, thanks to prototype app Ombre Fabula’s use of Intel RealSense to create a gesture-controlled shadow play. Players can make the shape of a rabbit, bird or dragon with their hands to bring that character into the story.

Designed from the ground up with hand and gesture-tracking in mind, Ombre Fabula uses the Intel RealSense SDK to provide the contours (or outlines) of the hand gestures. The Intel... Читать дальше...

Indie developer TinyBuild has revealed that it lost nearly half a million dollars in sales revenue for its games to key selling website G2A.

UK indie Inkle Studios has released a new editor Inky, designed to aid developers creating narrative-driven games.