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Activision just announced a new installment in the Skylanders franchise. Skylanders Imaginators is set to be released in October and will give players the opportunity to create their own character. Gamers will be able to choose their Skylander’s appearance, powers, abilities, names, catchphrases and musical themes, amongst others. Eric Hirshberg, …

Minecraft creator Mojang has laid out a new set of rules designed to clamp down on the commercial use of Minecraft servers for advertising. Essentially the rules prohibit companies, charities, ad agencies or politicians from making mods or running servers designed to promote products that are not related to Minecraft. …

'In no case does copyright protection extend to an idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle or discovery'

Payday devs plans to bring Defender of the Crown, Wings and more to StarVR

Squad, the studio behind Kerbal Space Program, has revealed Felipe Falanghe is stepping down as the game’s lead developer. In aforum post, he thanked both the players and his fellow developers for their support and reflects on times when he worried that any decision could "morph [the game] into something …

The Internet of Things. Remember that? The term’s been around for over a decade and a half and now Atari has decided to embrace the idea for its latest reinvention. The company’s latest venture will see it develop a range of connected home smart devices in partnership with Sigfox, whose …

Felipe Falanghe says 'the game is conceptually complete'

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VR-friendly specs for just $199 – that’s the selling point of AMD’s latest GPU. Until now gamers have faced the prospect of at least an Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD R9 290 if they want to make the jump to VR. They retail for north of 250. While many VR …

Xbox One has had another price cut, lending further credence to widespread rumours of a new version being in the works. An assortment of bundles are currently available. For instance, a 1TB machine with Forza 6, Tomb Raider, Halo 5 and a 25 gift card can currently be had for …