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Developer "beyond disgusted" as future versions of Tempest spiritual successor are blocked by original's publisher

The planned PS4, PC and Android releases of Llamasoft’s shooter TxK will not be released following a copyright claim from Atari. TxK’s creator Jeff Minter has said that he’s been forced the cancel the games following pressure from Atari, which seemingly has claimed a copyright violation alleging that the game …

Space Hulk: Ascension developer Full Control has laid off a number of its staff and has ceased development on new games. As reported byNordicgame, the studio began facing financial difficulties last year following the lacklustre response to Jagged Alliance: Flashback and the bankruptcy of BitComposer in December – which helped …

Sony Pictures has released the first trailer for Adam Sandler movie Pixels. The movie is based on a hit 2010 short of the same name. It stars Adam Sandler, Peter Dinklage and Brian Cox and is directed by Harry Potter and Home Alone’s Chris Columbus. A number of retro game …

League of Legends is being used to accelerate the adoption of Windows 10 in China thanks to a partnership between Microsoft and Tencent. Microsoft has announced that Tencent will create a Windows 10 universal app for their existing QQ app, which currently has over 800m users in China. League of …

Game Maker's Toolkit explores how Asian philosophy influences 3D Mario games

Iwata remains tight-lipped about newly announced games device

Sony has reported an increase in sales and income for the quarter ending December 31st. Revenues were up 6.5 per cent to 14.4bn, with operating income up by over 100 per cent at just over 1bn. Favourable exchange rates were credited as the main reason for the boom, although PS4 …

The next entry in EA’s military shooter series takes the action to a local level, pitting cops against criminals. MCV steals a glance at upcoming merchandise for Battlefield Hardline EA’s Battlefield franchise has seen multiple incarnations over the last 13 years, and is probably the closest competitor to Activision’s giant …

EA’s mobile publishing label Chillingo has set up shop in China in EA’s Shanghai office. The new studio – Chillingo China – will be publishing mobile titles over Chinese app stores, as well as bringing ‘culturised’ games from the region to the global market. China represents a tremendous growth opportunity, …