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Amazon's Jesse Freeman on pros and cons of the two platforms for the game development process

Telltale’s acclaimed The Walking Dead will arrive on PS4 and Xbox One later this month. Both the first and second series of the game will be released on both next-gen consoles on October 24th, IGN reports. Their release will be staggered in North America, however, with Season one arriving on …

Hot on the heels of curated lists on the Steam store, Humble Bundle has followed suit with a venture of its own. It is debuting the feature with a list from YouTube network YogsCast. The media organisation chooses which games appear on its storefront and in turn receives a five …

Streaming games platform OnLive will serve as event partner for this year’s Games Media Awards. Bruce Grove, general manager of OnLive, commented: It’s hugely valuable to take time out and recognise the excellence and contributions of our industry’s media. Everyone at OnLive is delighted to be part of the celebrations …

Ubisoft has set up shop in Moscow, Russia. This new office is to provide community development and support to the publisher’s expanding Russian market. During The Crew’s beta more the region with the most active users was Russia. The office is to be headed up by MD Olga Lazareva, who …

Xbox One has got off to a slow start in Japan, but Microsoft has vowed to continue with its ongoing struggle to achieve success in the region. It’s not as though we’re satisfied with the current sales state,” Xbox Japan boss Takashi Sensui told Famitsu, as translated by Kotaku. We …

EA will next month finally roll out the addition of pools to The Sims 4. That’s not all, either – also incoming this month are a collection of Star Wars outfits and the addition of ghosts. Ghosts sees dead Sims re-joining the game world, complete with all the attributes they …

Has the crowd-funding bubble burst? Obviously the $54m raised by Star Citizen may seem to suggest not, but the story is different across the wider sector. Thomas Bidaux of consultancy firm ICO Partners told an audience at the Ludicious Festival in Zurich recently that Kickstarter funded video game success is …

The cost of subscribing to PlayStation Network in five countries has been increased, Sony has confirmed. "We slightly increased prices for PlayStation Plus in South Africa, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and India regions due to various market conditions," the company told Joystiq. "Currently, price adjustments are not being planned for PS …

Angry Birds developer Rovio has announced plans to simplify” its organisation by cutting 130 jobs – around 16 per cent of its workforce. We work in businesses that are so fast moving that the only constant is change. At Rovio we have always been innovative and forward-looking, and to succeed …