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Duncan Jones’ Warcraft may not have been a critical darling, but it is now the most successful game movie of all time. According to Box Office Mojo, the film has generated $377.6m globally since its debut. This is more successful than Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time which made …

Studio scores big prize with TV Sports Soccer, three commendations awarded to Thud Media

Publisher Team 17 has had its say on the cancellation of Allison Road, although nothing new is revealed in the statement. After a long consideration between Lilith owner Chris Kesler and ourselves, we have reached a mutual agreement to end our collaboration on publishing Allison Road under Team17’s Games label,” …

PC creators had complained their work was being plagiarised on Xbox One

Nintendo’s new Zelda Breath of the Wild is being made with the help of Xenoblade Chronicles X studio Monolith Soft. That’s according to Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto who, speaking to Game Informer, said that over 100 people are helping make the new Zelda title for Wii U and NX. The long-awaited …

Upcoming space sim No man’s Sky has avoided the need to change its name. Hello Games boss Sean Murray has revealed that the studio has settled a three-year legal dispute with BskyB, which felt it had ownership of the term ‘Sky’. Indeed, so protective is it of the word the …

Vacancies include narrative director, animation and rendering programmers, and character and technical artists

Xenoblade Chronicles developer assisting with building the game’s open world

Robin Kreibich’s subscription-based mod adds cheats including an aimbot, triggerbot, radars and controls designed to avoid detection

Bethesda’s new Doom has ended Overwatch’s three-weeks at the top of the UK charts. The title saw a 57 per cent rise in sales due to a reduction in price that saw retailers selling the game for 30. It shot to first place from third. This is the first time …