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Consumers spent $68m more in this year’s Steam Summer Sale than 2015’s. That’s according to analytics site Steam Spy on Twitter (below), which claims that gamers spent $228m compared with last year’s $160m. That’s a 42.5 per cent increase. Note that Steam Spy figures – by its own admission – …

Legendary games developer Ron Gilbert tells us why he’s thankful for Photoshop and unlimited memory as he wraps up development on the crowdfunded retro adventure title

High street retailer GAME added an area dedicated to competitive gaming to its Manchester Trafford Centre store. Announced via its corporate site, GAME has said that this space – which launches today (Thursday, July 7th) – features 10 Overclockers gaming PCs and a VR pod. GAME is looking to run …

Leamington Spa-based outlet looking to partner with devs in both the games and visual effects sectors

COO of the localisation specialist, Keith Ramsdale, reflects on the impact VR, AR, eSports and the rise of freemium have had on the development sector

Asymmetric multiplayer shooter launched in early 2015 to mixed reviews largely surrounding implementation of extra characters and maps

Developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed that a Game of the Year version of The Witcher 3 is on the way. The existence of a Game of the Year edition was first leaked following in a listing on German age-rating board USK for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. The title’s …

50 10- to 18-year-olds in the running for Game Concept and Game Making awards, with Media Molecule set to receive YGD Hero accolade for efforts supporting young creators

One of the YouTubers at the centre of the current CSGO gambling controversy has posted, and subsequently pulled, an apology for his deception. In the video, a re-uploaded version of which can be seen below, Trevor ‘TmarTn’ Martin claims to be sorry for not making his relationship with CSGO Lotto …

After a run of poor results during the summer leg of the Heroes of the Storm Global Circuit, the former world champion team Cloud9 has disbanded. Both Kun iDream” Fang and Derek DunkTrain” Arabian have retired from competitive play, leaving Keiwan k1pro” Itakura and John Paul King Caffeine” Lopez to …