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Deep Silver has confirmed a release date and two collector’s editions of Killer Is Dead, the new title by Suda 51. The highly-stylised action game will arrive on Xbox 360 and PS3 on August 30th. It sees players brutally taking down various outlandish criminals and is reminiscent of Suda’s previous …

EA vice president Andrew Wilson wants to make it clear to gamers that the company’s digital distribution service Origin is for them, not EA. Speaking to Games Industry, Wilson spoke on the growing pains the service has gone through. "Over the years … there’ve been some permutations of that vision …

Ubisoft’s Far Cry 3 spin-off Blood Dragon has sold over 500k digital copies across PC, PSN and XBLA. CEO Yves Guillemot provided the figure in an interview with Games Industry, though didn’t mention how the units were split among platforms. Guillemot did, however, mention that Far Cry 3 sales were …

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Developers no longer have to pay to patch their games on Xbox 360. Eurogamer reports that the policy change was made earlier this year. Until this point developers had to pay a fee upon the submission of patches. The exception to this was a game’s first patch, which could be …

Catherine, Persona and Shin Megami Tensei publisher Atlus could be in trouble. Its parent company Index Holdings, which purchased Atlus in 2006, has filed for bankruptcy with the Tokyo District Court. Its debts are said to total 160m. It now seems likely that Atlus will be sold at part of …

Microsoft is perfectly entitled to charge $499 for Xbox One – but it will need to convince the public that the RRP is justified. That’s the verdict of Activision Publishing boss Eric Hirshberg, who believes that $499 is a viable RRP providing consumers are convinced that they’re getting value money. …

The PS4 was originally going to retail for $499 before Sony changed its mind not long before its E3 announcement. That’s according to IGN, which says that the $499 SKU was to include the new PlayStation Eye camera. IGN reckons that in the months leading up to E3, Sony nixed …

Plants vs Zombies 2 will miss its previously announced release date of July 18th, PopCap has confirmed. The developer took to Twitter to reveal the delay, but declined to explain the cause of the setback and failed to provide a specific readjusted launch date. Plants vs. Zombies 2, originally slated …

Microsoft’s Xbox One headset will not be included with the Xbox One hardware. The one-ear mono headset and microphone will be seen as an essential purchase for online multiplayer users, but will have to be purchased on top of the 429 console. Microsoft has, however, pointed out that Kinect includes …