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Bundling platform details machine-learning defence system, SMS verification and key cancellation measures utilised in battle against sham purchases

Batman: The Telltale Series will bring with it the studio’s first stab at adding multiplayer to its successful narrative game design model. Shacknews reports that the game will introduce a new mode called Crowd Play. Although not formally announced as of yet, it was shown off over the weekend at …

Accuracy of Rift headset movement improved as launch of Touch controllers approaches

Three Fields Entertainment has admitted that its recent debut release Dangerous Golf hasn’t yet sold in the numbers it was hoping. The game arrived on PC consoles on PC on June 2nd and very much divided critics. On PS4, for instance, the game has a Metacritic score of 56 per …

PS4 owners will not be required to subscribe to PlayStation Plus if they wish to advantage of No Man’s Sky galaxy-spanning online features. While No Man’s Sky is pretty much a single player experience as you roam around the almost impossibly vast game world, the title does boast a number …

If you live in the sticks and haven’t already requested the addition of a Pokegym in your village, then it sounds like you’re out of luck. Pokemon Go developer Niantic had previously introduced a system whereby users were able to request the creation of either gyms of Pokestops at specific …

Playground Games creative director Ralph Fulton and director of program management for Xbox Mike Ybarra answer the big questions about how devs can get their games running across Xbox One and PC

Sega has announced not one but two new Sonic games for release in 2017. The first is Sonic Mania, a title that resembles the original 2D pixel art releases that kickstartered the franchise. Though the game comes with entirely new levels and characters, it also features ‘classic’ gameplay as well …

French company Emtec wants to succeed where nearly everybody else has failed. On August 18th, the firm will launch Gem Box in the US, UK and France, before releasing in other European territories later this year. This Android micro-console, which comes with its own controller, gives access to a large …

Christopher Schmitz leaves Parisian studio behind Heavy Rain after a year and a half to take on role of executive producer