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App Annie report finds that US devs are more than twice as successful at monetising mobile games than British creators, with Japanese makers achieving returns six times higher

$6.99 Pocket Edition comes in at number 31 behind Clash of Clans, Pokémon Go, Hearthstone and more

Dota 2 dev and Steam owner will occupy nine floors of Lincoln Square tower, to a total of 225,000 square feet

But salaried writers remain out in the cold for now

US and Canadian studios with fewer than 16 members and a 2016 release under their belts invited to take part

Major publishers including EA, Activision and Ubisoft sign up to service, but platform holders Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo remain untracked for now

Watchover Tyrant adds features such as a powerful radar, visible enemy health and further otherwise inaccessible information

Publisher says French studio will bolster its PC development output in the West

Former LA-based dev joins sibling brewery company in Wales

Prize open to any undergraduate student studying games, with an eight-week internship at the H1Z1 studio included

Participation in Joining Forces programme will see former military staff comprise three per cent of new hires over the next five years at Call of Duty studio

‘It was very difficult for NIS America to establish an equal-partnership with Atlus’ following Sega buyout of studio, CEO and president reveals

Recent $450,000 investment from Empire State Development sees advocate for experimental games move beyond graduate-only applications

Producer Takashi Iizuka originally helped found Sega Studio USA in 1999

Publisher to bring all of Japanese studio’s games to US from now on, but the two companies will remain separate entities

‘We want them to learn the basics of level design, and start to think about the strategy and creativity that goes into creating games’

Chinese launch of MMO cancelled as studio moves to focus on supporting ‘live game’ in US and Europe

Devs can choose to automatically adjust server use according to player and game session count, plus other metrics

Wells Fargo Securities and the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation allegedly didn’t tell lenders of the risks of backing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer ahead of collapse in 2012

Monetisation specialist counts Square Enix, Disney, King, Rovio and Machine Zone among its partners

Equity investment share of money raised through Fig must undergo additional clarification by US SEC