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A game long ago dubbed as the spiritual successor to GameCube outing Eternal Darkness is amazingly on the verge of yet another comeback. Games journo favourite Denis Dyack has resurfaced once more. No, not as part of Silicon Knights. That closed in 2013. And no, not as part of Precursor …

‘Because of your extensive options I am able to play every character in the roster and it feels great,’ wrote Zak. ‘Because of you I made my first snipe in a video game today’

The makers of PC strategy title Stellaris have taken action against a mod that appeared to push a white supremacist agenda. The mod in question removed the game’s rich mix of cultural and racial characters and replaced them with an all-white cast. Paradox has said that while it was uncomfortable …

Creators can utilise image from headset’s front-facing cam in either its distorted or corrected form

Former LA-based dev joins sibling brewery company in Wales

Intel Developer Blog: Dolby Digital Plus is included in every Intel-powered Windows 10 device, meaning every UWP apps can also take advantage of the technology

‘We embrace the idea that players mod the game to best represent how they want to play, we do NOT however wish to enable discriminatory practices,’ developer says, adding that comments surrounding mod reinforced decision

The creator of Monkey Island Ron Gilbert has publicly asked Disney for the rights to some of his gaming IP. Taking to Twitter (below), Gilbert specifically is after the Monkey Island and Maniac Mansionproperties – franchises that he created during his time at LucasArts. He even goes as far as …

IGN won the Media Team prize at the MCV Awards last March. Following this win, Dan Kilby, commercial projects and marketing manager, tells MCV about the company’s strategy, the opportunities offered by eSports and why specialist sites are trusted. Congratulations on winning the Media Team category.Thank you. We put a …

PS4 exceeded even Sony’s own expectations last year, but the platform holder has predicted that the machine will do even better next year. 17.7m PS4s were sold in Sony’s last financial year, ahead of the 17.5m it had forecast. Now the company has said that PS4 will shift a further …