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Apple could face an 11.1bn tax bill after the European Commission ruled that its tax arrangement with Ireland was illegal. An ongoing investigation has concluded that the Irish government permitted Apple to pay significantly less than other businesses, with a tax rate that topped out at just one per cent, …

Square Enix’s latest entry in the Deus Ex series has shot straight to No.1 in the UK. Mankind Divided, which launched for PS4, Xbox One and PC, did perform worse than the series’ previous entry, 2011’s Human Revolution. GfK Entertainment speculates that this weaker showing was due in part to …

Three years ago, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn achieved two impossible feats: it reversed the critical failings of its 2010 predecessor and proved that the MMO genre is alive and kicking. Producer and director Naoki Yoshida retraces the title’s evolution to discover how the studio perfected things second time around

Special section of eShop launched to highlight titles and provide a behind-the-scenes look at devs’ favourite games

Fiddlesticks co-founder Henry Hoffman talks us through the development of his colour-swapping puzzle adventure

A new SKU is incoming that bundles all of Konami’s Metal Gear Solid V content into a single, and discounted, purchase. The publisher has announced Metal Gear Solid V: The Definitive Experience for PS4, Xbox One and PC. Included in the package is Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, …

‘The fact that the movie industry hasn't collapsed despite releasing box office numbers gives me faith that the games industry will survive as well,' insists creator Sergey Galyonkin

Valve has dismissed suggestions that it has relaxed the refund restrictions for the Steam version of No Man’s Sky. Parts of the internet have over the weekend started to argue that Valve was being more lenient with the Hello Games title than it is with typical releases. This is based …

2D titles find a new home at Jools Watsham’s Atooi, while 3D games will move to Gregg Hargrove’s outlet Infitizmo

Ian Milham also helped head up Battlefield 4 and Hardline during his 10-plus years working at EA