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'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

Along with capturing the attention of those outside the video game industry, electronic sports (eSports) are attracting a new class of investors seeking to get in early on the rising phenomenon. Nowhere else is this more evident than in Riot Games’ League of Legends eSports scene – the League Championship …

The summer of Smash continues this weekend in Orlando, Florida at Community Effort Orlando 2016 (CEO). Originally a fighting game community event, CEO has now become one of the annual premier events for Smash. An impressive 678 entrants will be competing for the coveted CEO championship belt this year. Although …

In just a few days, eight relatively unknown players will travel to California to compete for just one spot in the Hearthstone World Championship. A total of $80,000 is on the line for the event, which is more money than these players have likely ever competed for before. But the …