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Sony is releasing a Horizon Zero Dawn PlayStation 4 bundle in Europe to celebrate the game’s launch this March, the company has announced on its PlayStation Blog. The 1TB bundle, which features the new, slimline console, will arrive in shops on March 1st. It comes with a copy of the …

A broken batch of Resident Evil VII Collector’s Editions has led GAME to cancel several customer pre-orders. The 99 Collector’s Edition is exclusive to GAME and was meant to include a miniature replica of the Baker Mansion among other special items. However, GAME has now admitted that these mansion replica …

Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced it’s been working with The Falcons School in Richmond, Surrey, to help its pupils learn about games development, games publishing, careers across the industry and how Bandai Namco’s distribution business works across its games, arcades and toys businesses. Over 40 Year 7 and 8 students …

Stoic has announced that its Kickstarter campaign for Banner Saga 3 is now live.The studio is hoping to raise $200,000 over the course of thirty days to help fund development for the final instalment in its award-winning turn-based strategy series. We’re going full circle and returning to Kickstarter where it …

'Studiotel' to pull together games develop studio facilities and living quarters

Despite major publishers trying to crack down on gambling around their games, this sector has become one worth billions. According to a new report by ESPN – citing research from Eilers & Krejcik Gaming and Narus Advisors – in the region of $5bn was made from in-game gambling for Valve’s …

The list of confirmed Switch games is getting bigger, as Traveller’s Tale has announced that LEGO Worlds will be releasing on Nintendo’s new console. Head of design Arthur Parsons announced it on Twitter, after he was asked by another user what were the LEGO plans for the Switch. Parsons answered: …

The first wave of Microsoft’s Creators Update has begun rolling out to members of the Xbox Insider Program, the company announced yesterday. Chief among them is the new Copilot feature that will help make the console more accessible to players with disabilities. The Copilot feature allows two controllers to act …

Digital Bros, the Italian owner of 505 Games, has purchased the developer behind sim racing game Assetto Corsa, Kunos Simulazioni, for 3.7m. 2.36m of that figure is cash; half that amount is being paid now, with the rest coming in one year’s time. Meanwhile, the additional 1.37m is being paid …

Indie studio Chucklefish has announced that Starbound has reached a new milestone, having sold more than 2.5 million copies over the Christmas break, six months after it officially launch. The title previously spent two and a half years in Early Access, so there’s a good chance this figure also includes …