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Updated: Rakuten.co.uk may be closed by the end of August, the marketplace has told sellers. The retail marketplace, which was formed in 2014 after Rakuten acquired Play.com, informed those that utilise the service that they are talking to employees about the closure of the entire operation and the Cambridge office. …

Hit PC strategy game XCOM 2 will come to consoles after all. Developer Firaxis has teamed up with The Workshop to deliver a PS4 and Xbox One version of the game. The title is set for release on September 9th in Europe. Gamers who pre-order the title will receive the …

Konami has said that it will be killing off the online element of PES 2015 this autumn. All online services for the game will be terminated on August 25th, just 21 months after it was first released. Any unspent game credit will be wiped from user accounts at that time. …

It appears that Ubisoft’s follow-up to its hacking blockbuster Watch Dogs will be coming out this year. That’s if a leak from IGN to be believed. Advertising on the media giant went up early, revealing an November 15th release date for Watch Dogs 2 (courtesy of Eurogamer, below). This is …

The lead writer behind BioWare's Dragon Age discusses how he crafts fantasy worlds

The latest entry in Atlus’ cult JRPG Persona series will be hitting American shelves at the start of 2017. Publisher Atlus has revealed that Persona 5 will be launching for PS4 and PS3 on February 14th, 2017. Not only that – the firm has announced a special edition, which is …

Former Lionhead, Creative Assembly and Sony devs join Until Dawn studio

Nine new brands will be added to the LEGO Dimensions roster at E3, one report has claimed. Press Start reckons it has the jump on the announcement, claiming that the additions will be headlined by cult games IP Sonic the Hedgehog and current Cartoon Network hit Adventure Time. Also on …

Kopla Games’ clicker-meets-dungeon-crawler tops 2m downloads

Addition to Runescape Old School celebrates ‘Falador Massacre’, when scores of players in ‘safe’ zones were accidentally able to be killed