Penny Arcade today announced a panel called Going Back to the Future that will run at PAX East on the 24th of March. Heading the panel is Russ Bullock and Bryan Ekman, who are respectively the president and creative director for the free to play game MechWarrior Online. Also on the panel is Chris Roberts president of Cloud Imperium Games, who are responsible for Star Citizen. Todd Harris, preside...
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White Room Games Limited, the UK-based publisher / distributor, has announced it has teamed up with award winning midlands developer, Flaming Pumpkin, to develop and bring to market a re-make of the mid-eighties classic “Footballer Of The Year”. The game is already in development and has a planned released date later this year. Luiz Ferreira, comments: “I am a huge fan of the original game and I a...
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The Abertay University Prototype Fund provides up to £25,000 grants for UK-based companies developing games and other media software. University of Abertay Dundee helps small companies developing games enter the promising gaming industry. University has recently started accepting applications for this year’s edition of Prototype Fund — a project providing game developers with financial...
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INDIEGAMESTAND HAS ANNOUNCED TITLES OF 12 GAMES THEY WILL BE PROMOTING DURING PAX EAST 2013 SET TO TAKE PLACE IN BOSTON 22 – 24 MARCH IndieGameStand — website broadcasting independent developers — will be promoting games on the budget during this year’s Penny Arcade Expo East. Anyone who enters the IndieGameStand’s booth will not leave empty-handed. Participants, bes...
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Any of you out there like me who loved the super villains as much if not more than some of the super heroes. Lex Luther is better than Superman for example. Well if you are agree with me than your dreams or just what you think would be good has been answered in the form of The Missing Ink. Just register for the free-to-play game and you’ll receive your own sandbox virtual world – they are ca...
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The Make Something Unreal Live 2013 contest pits teams of up and coming game developers against each other to see who can create the best video game. Each team gets a Wellcome Trust scientist that is able to mentor the members as they develop a game based on the theme ‘Mendelian inheritance:genetics and genomics’. Epic Games, the wonderful company behind the award-winning Gears of War ...
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The Games trade body Ukie have announced that they will be holding a series of roadshows around the UK. The Roadshows are set to to help games business understand how the new legislation and the Cultural Test will work for them . The Ukie Tax Relief Roadshows will include: A guide to how to apply for the relief and how much it could be worth. An explanation of the Cultural Test and how to pass it....
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GDC 2013 State of the Industry survey results poll numbers exposes major trends ahead of March show The Game Developers Conference is right around the corner, and just to get a feel of the state of the Video Games industry, GDC has released results of a survey. The survey featured developers who attended the conference last year and/or plan to attend this year. This survey shows just what these de...
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Aurora has exceeded more than ten million visits. The developers’ nDreams are happy to announce that Aurora, one of the first free-to-play console games (Two things firstly Star Trek Online is fun and secondly Dc Universe is the first free-to-play game I can think of). Announcing this amazing news for both nDreams and also free-to-play in general (we might get more for console) he had this so say....
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Gadget Show Live 2013 returns this Easter (April 3-7) with gaming celebrities, new video games, and tournaments. Last falls Gadget Show Live in London was a big hit and coming up in April at the NEC Birmingham be ready for another giant gaming extravaganza. A few of the top names in gaming will be in attendance at this years Gadget Show Live 2013 including; Capcom, Epic Games, Turtle Beach and Coo...
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