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In the wake of an anti-same-sex marriage act in the US, publisher takes on hate in games

A Kinect game being overseen by Pirates of the Carribean director Gore Verbinski has been abandoned. Verbinski was collaborating with Blind Wink Games on Matter, which was to be released via Xbox Live Arcade with Kinect as the primary focus of its gameplay. However, it now appears that Microsoft Studios …

An event discussing LGBT issues in video gaming called EA Full Spectrum is taking place today in New York. EA Full Spectrum will bring together leaders from the LGBT and videogame community to talk about the state of hate in videogames, the origins of homophobia in games, the development of …

Bravo, Ubisoft, bravo. The publisher has issued a quite wonderful reply to the accusations thrown at it by PETA earlier this week. The animal rights group lashed out at the SEO-friendly Assassin’s Creed IV on Tuesday for, what it believes is, the glorification” of whaling. (Although we don’t think there …

Joe Ybarra ditches publishers and plans Kickstarter for space strategy title

Indie hit could wind up on Sony consoles after end of Microsoft exclusivity deal

Blake Jorgensen backtracks on previous comments that business model would become standard

Microtransactions will NOT feature in every single EA release going forwards. Electronic Arts chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen last week claimed that the company is "building into all of our games the ability to pay for things along the way" and that "consumers are enjoying and embracing that way of …

Kind of a Big Deal receive career boost with prestigious Ones to Watch accolade for mobile game Starcrossed

The Walking Dead’s all-important narrative arc may not be lost in the transition to next-gen. Players of the game’s five episodes will have seen their characters develop across each release. While PC players will have no problem keeping hold of this vital progress data, the lack of compatibility between PS3 …