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The new version of Kick Off is only exclusive to PlayStation platforms for six months, it has been confirmed. The PlayStation exclusivity was announced back in October, but the six-month period was only confirmed yesterday toVideogamerby a spokesperson for the game. Publisher Maximum Games did not specify any release date …

The launch of PlayStation VR will be bolstered by the day one presence of a fan favourite. Developer Enhance Games has confirmed that Rez Infinite will be a launch title for the device on October 13th. Rez Infinite was announced last December. It’s a reworking of the original running at …

The South Korean market is mainly driven by digital sales and online PC titles, the two being obviously closely linked. Data firm Euromonitor reports that, in 2014, online PC games accounted for 65 per cent of the overall $2.2bn (1.5bn) digital sales. Revenues generated by PC games increased by 16.9 …

'I always take a point of reminding myself periodically: ‘What was the game I wanted to play?'' says creator of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus

One particular Xbox One SKU can be had for the tidy sum of just 199.99 on the Xbox.com store right now. The FIFA 16 bundle, which includes EA’s game and the 500GB version of the console, is currently the same price as the Xbox 360 on Microsoft’s store. It has …

Intel Developer Blog: Offering insight into the opportunities for devs on the Internet of Things

The Witness creator Jonathan Blow admits failure to relate gameplay to storytelling is “not an easy problem to solve”, but insists it is “incompatible for any reasonable human being”

G2A calls for publisher to share suspicious keys, TinyBuild calls for digital retailer to offer better cuts from sales

The war of words between TinyBuild and G2A.com has significantly intensified, with the retailer rebutting the studio’s recent accusations. TinyBuild this week claimed that it had lost in the region of $450k worth of revenue to keys illicitly sold through the G2A marketplace. Before TinyBuild reached out to G2A, we …

‘We don’t want it to take a decade to build itself to the point where you can afford bigger games,’ stresses head of content Jason Rubin