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Fable, Black & White and The Movies developer originally founded in 1996 by Peter Molyneux

‘We don’t have huge cut scenes or a traditional linear story,’ says programmer Sean Murray. ‘There is, however, a real lore in the game. Everything you find has a reason for existing’

Developer Gearbox has built up a reputation for producing some critically acclaimed online shooters. This is, after all, the studio that brought us the blockbuster Borderlands series, a franchise that has shifted 26 million units worldwide. Now the firm is on the verge of launching its brand new IP, Battleborn. …

Remedy has said that a fix for the troubled PC version of Quantum Break won’t be possible until Microsoft rolls out an update to Windows 10 itself. Writing on its forums, Remedy added an amendment to the section about Windows 10 performance issue and framerate stutters, that: Microsoft has identified …

Platform will support 360-degree streaming to both headsets and PC screens

Just three per cent aligned with a ‘Brexit’, while the rest were undecided

One of the main criticisms of YouTube’s Content ID system has been addressed by the video service. Content makers have for a long time bemoaned the fact that once a claim had been made on a video, they were locked out of making money from it for the duration of …

‘When both a creator and someone making a claim choose to monetise a video, we will continue to run ads on that video and hold the resulting revenue separately. Once the Content ID claim or dispute is resolved, we'll pay out that revenue to the appropriate party’

Brian Fargo, Larian Studios and Warhorse say lengthy games are a necessity in the genre

Fable makers Lionhead has officially closed. In March, Microsoft announced it would cancel Fable Legends and that it was in consultation with the Guildford studio over whether to close it or not. The consultation has ended and Lionhead will officially close. Microsoft said: "We have reached the decision to close …