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State of Decay, the open-world zombie-fest will launch on PC later this year. Undead Labs head Jeff Strain confirmed the news during a live stream yesterday. A detailed summary followed on the game’s official forum. The move follows State of Decay’s success on the XBLA having sold over 500,000 copies, …

Nintendo will be showcasing both Wii U and 3DS around the UK this summer, visiting various festivals and air shows. The Wii U Den Tour and Nintendo 3DS Festival of Fun will be held simultaneously for the most part, with both sampling events starting at the Sunderland Air Show from …

Retail rejoice, the next game in the Angry Birds series features physical goods. Rovio has unveiled a sequel to last year’s Angry Birds: Star Wars – aptly titled Angry Birds: Star Wars II. It features the usual pig-slaying, lightsaber action (plus some new moves, apparently) but in a twist clearly …

Just how popular is the Steam sale, really? Well, according to the makers of quirky platform game Fez, very. The game was downloaded 105,000 times in just 48 hours, the game’s developer Phil Fish tweeted last week. The critically acclaimed game was 50 per cent off last week, and was …

Windows chief Julie Larson-Green is first-ever woman to lead the tech firm's Xbox division

Out of nowhere, Insomniac Games has announced a new Ratchet & Clank game. It’s coming to PS3, and it’s coming this year. You’d think that with Insomniac working on a new exclusive IP with Microsoft for the Xbox One – Sunset Overdrive, its relationship with Sony would be put on …

Mike Bithell, developer of the award-winning indie game Thomas Was Alone, has shared on his positive experience with Playstation Plus – saying player uptake has been amazing” since the game’s participation in Sony’s program. Speaking with Joystiq, Bithell revealed the game sold really well” since launching in April. Playstation Plus …

It’s a complaint often levelled at Nintendo, but now even the father of Mario is calling for a brand new franchise. Development legend Shigeru Miyamoto confirmed in an interview with Famitsu (via Polygon) that he is indeed working on a new IP – once he’s finished with Pikmin 3, Super …

After 13 years, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft may soon be able to sell their consoles in China. The condition is that these platform holders must make these machine’s in the new Shanghai free trade zone, reports the South China Morning Post. The move has even been endorsed by Premier Li …

Rockstar has released the first gameplay trailer for Grand Theft Auto V – and you can see it below. In it we see all three playable characters in action, as well as a selection of the diverse environments the game will offer. Also touched upon is the way players will …