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World of Tanks firm moving all mobile development to other locations

It appears that new DualShock 4 and PlayStation Move controllers could be on the way. That’s if an application for certification filled at an Indonesian certification agency earlier this month, spotted by Beyond3D user orangpelupa, is to be believed. The sleuth found filings for applications for DualShock 4 and PlayStation …

Since it started working on the Deus Ex franchise, developer Eidos Montreal has been under a great deal of pressure. For 2011’s Human Revolution, it was under scrutiny to prove its game could live up to the quality and depth of the original Deus Ex. And now, having proven itself …

Company investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in games and content to promote new VR platform

The developer behind 2013’s Depression Quest, Zoe Quinn, has announced her next project. According to a documentary filmed by Vice, Quinn is collaborating with satirical erotic author Chuck Tingle on a new FMV dating simulator game currently called Projet Tingler. This appears to involve a lot of men and women …

The reveals and announcements may not have come thick and fast at Gamescom 2016, but there were still plenty of developments coming out of the show floor. Christopher Dring, Alex Calvin and Matthew Jarvis look at the key things we took away from this year’s show. Titanfall 2 is Call …

Decline beginning for mobile location-based phenomenon

Until the end of August, games clothing brand Insert Coin is running a store dedicated to Pokmon in London. The pop-up shop is located at Old Truman’s Brewery on Brick Lane in Shoreditch. The store opened yesterday, and will be until Tuesday, August 30th This follows Insert Coin signing a …

Helsinki start-up will be developing free-to-play mobile games based on the long-running TV show

A new entry in Bandai Namco’s popular Tales of RPG series was the best-selling game in Japan last week, according to market data from Famitsu. Tales of Berseria sold 160,040 units on PlayStation 4, the highest-performing SKU, with the PS3 edition charting in third place with 74,052 copies sold. In …