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Mojang has promised some significant new functionality for the mobile version of its hit title. Minecraft Pocket Edition will soon be updated to offer larger-scale worlds more in line with what users of the PC and console versions are accustomed to. We’re working on restructuring a lot of code to …

Graphics card maker Nvidia has unveiled the new GTX 750Ti – and the headline is it can outperform an Xbox One. Nvidia says that it now leads performance per watt revolution with Maxwell graphics architecture” thanks to both the 114.99 GTX 750Ti 2GB and 90 GTX 750 1GB. GameSpot put …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog pays tribute to the mobile phenomena that shone so brightly for a brief moment

Nvidia yesterday introduced the first graphics cards to incorporate its new Maxwell GPU architecture – the Geforce GTX 750 and Geforce GTX 750 Ti. Both GPUs are targeted at the entry level, with prices starting at Rs 9,900 for the GTX 750, and Rs 11,990 for the GTX 750 Ti. …

The much-hyped Titanfall beta will remain open for 24 hours longer than previously planned. The game will now remain playable until 6pm PST on February 19th – that’s 2am in the morning of February 20th for UK gamers. The beat has for two days been available to all Xbox One …

A second Suda 51 title is heading to PC in the form of Killer Is Dead: Nightmare Edition. You could easily argue that the game is actually the first ‘proper’ Suda 51 title to make the jump from consoles, although the cult developer served as producer on 2012 shooter Sine …

Valve has taken measures to try and quell the carnage caused by the Steam Tagging system. Last week the digital service introduced the ability for users to add custom tags to games. The result? A host of titles instantly became associated with mean, abusive and spoiler-ridden tags. Now Valve has …

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has confirmed that it was last week the victim of a hack that compromised some user data. The breach occurred last Wednesday (February 12th) and saw hackers gain unauthorised access to some customer data including usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords. Fortunately, no …

PC GAMING WEEK:Choosing a console pretty much boils down to three things – price, games and brand. Choosing a graphics card is far trickier. With RRPs ranging from 50 to 1,000, price obviously plays a part. Games? Less so, unless there’s a partnership that offers a fancy graphical effect that’s …

PC GAMING WEEK: Valve has been transforming the PC gaming marketplace. While the firm hasn’t been making – or at least releasing – third installments in its highly popular game franchises, it has been busy taking over PC retail with its Steam store. In October 2013 it was estimated that …