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Bloodborne, XCOM, Minecraft, Civilization, Street Fighter, Doom, This War of Mine, The Witcher, Plague Inc… The list is quite endless: board games based on video games are unquestionably on the rise. And we’re not even talking about all the Monopoly editions. It seems that every single successful game out there …

THQ has been heavily tied to Nordic Games’ growth. Before the European publisher bought a number of IPs from the bankrupt THQ, no-one really knew who it was. The day we announced we were making acquisitions from THQ, there were a number of headlines like: ‘Who the fuck is Nordic …

Aaron Greenberg, head of Xbox Games Marketing, talks new hardware, FIFA 17, eSports and Pokmon Go. Xbox One S 2TB has sold out in most markets now. Can we read much into this? We had a massive briefing at E3 where we revealed two new consoles, a lot of games …

The owner of unofficial data tracker Steam Spy has re-added sales information for games that developers had previously requested it remove. That’s according to a series of posts on Twitter (below) from the service’s official account in which owner Sergey Galvonkin asked whether he should stop honouring requests by developers …

Rice replaces Jenny Brammall,PocketGamer.biz hires new editor and account execRegan leaves Indigo Pearl. UKIE appoints new business development executive The UK games industry trade body has hired Megan Rice as business development executive. She replaces Jenny Brammall, who left to join nDreams earlier this year. Rice previously worked at games …

The team behind Ubisoft’s MMO shooter The Division has announced delays for the game’s next two expansions. In a post on the title’s official website, the developers said that the game’s second expansion, Survival, has been pushed back until later this year. It was initially meant to be launching alongside …

It will come as little surprise to discover that FIFA 17, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and Metal Gear Survive were the most talked about games at Gamescom. Across all social and PR channels (media, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube), FIFA 17 was the highest ranked game present. Yet in terms of …

The strange saga of the PlayStation 4 Slim continues with second-hand retailer CEX now stocking the currently unannounced console. CEX is charging 380 for the machine and offering 304 in cash or credit for those wanting to selling their PS4 Slims to the retailer. Two consoles are available to purchase …

Metal Gear creator will be working with former colleague and close friend Kyle Cooper

Microsoft’s sci-fi shooter Halo 5: Guardians is coming to PC. Kind of. The game’s map editor mode Forge is launching on Windows 10 on September 8th. This will let players host and play custom matches for up to 16 players. Map creations can also be published on Xbox One. Forge …