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Slowly, painfully, we are edging toward knowing the full details of Rise of Tomb Raider’s Xbox exclusivity deal. It was ascertained just a few moments ago that the game WILL be released for Xbox One AND Xbox 360. Now we know for sure what we all suspected – that the …

Microsoft has confirmed the dates for the Halo 5: Guardians beta. It will take place between Dec 29th and Jan 18th, and will be available to those who buy Halo: The Master Chief Collection on Xbox One. The beta will focus on 4v4 combat in small arenas and will, according …

A pair of videos looking at Far Cry 4 reveal some surprising additions to Ubisoft’s shooter. Tapping into not only the genre-bending Far Cry: Blood Dragon and also the AR mini-games from Watch Dogs, Far Cry 4 will offer a number of surreal challenges based in mythical Himalayan utopia Shangri-La. …

Ubisoft has tasked a separate developer to create a version of upcoming racer The Crew for Xbox 360. The previously announced PS4, Xbox One and PC version is being developed by Ivory Tower and Ubisoft Reflection but this new last-gen version is being created by Asobo Studio with support from …

Bandai Namco has released the first footage of Dark Souls 2’s second piece of DLC. Called Crown of the Old Iron King, it features yet another new batch of enemies and is described in the Gametrailers video below as being even tougher than the already challenging Crown of the Sunken …

CEO Eben Upton on the story behind the tiny computer and how it can make an impact on education

EA has confirmed a release date for FIFA 15 in Europe. And it will come as no surprise – it’s September 26th, falling in line with more or less every other FIFA release in living memory. Remember that this year’s PC version will be based on the same next-gen Ignite …

We round up the biggest news and themes from last night’s press briefing in Cologne

Microsoft may have impressed with its Gamescom 2014 presentation, but Sony stepped up to steal this year’s Cologne show. The string of announcements was impressive, and while it may not have matched Microsoft’s big ‘wow’ moment in announcing the single platform capture of a big formerly multi-platform IP, it instead …

Housemarque is returning to the PS4 with new IP Alienation. The developer previously released the digital-only game Resogun as a PlayStation 4 launch title, as well as a series of Super Stardust titles on the PS3 and PSP. Like those titles, Alienation, which was announced on-stage at Sony’s conference by …