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In 2015 the electronic entertainment market reached $91 billion in terms of revenues, and is expected to reach about $107 billion in 2017, according to Newzoo data. The PC segment constitutes as much as 37 per cent of this market, or about $34 billion. Intel estimates that the amounts spent …

Carmageddon: Max Damage’s physical release will be handled by Sold Out, it has been announced. The game will arrive at retail on June 3rd alongside its digital release. It will cost 29.99 on both PS4 and Xbox One. Carmageddon has an infamous 19 year legacy, it’s a one-of-a-kind franchise, and …

Microsoft announces that Danish Project Knoxville studio Press Play has already been shuttered

Microsoft has announced that famous UK Fable developer Lionhead Studios is likely to close. The platform holder announced this in a post on Xbox Wire, which also stated that development of Fable Legends has been terminated. Furthermore, Xbox has revealed that Denmark-based Press Play Studios is also set to close, …

In 2014 Bear Simulator raised $100k on Kickstarter. The game itself was released on Steam last month. But backers and buyers have been told that future development of the title has been canned. Well the game didn’t have a great reception, has a stigma against its name and there’s plenty …

Disgraced Sunderland footballer Adam Johnson is being expunged from the world of games. 28-year old Johnson faces a prison sentence after being found guilty of sexual activity with an underage girl. Due to the nature of his crime football game publishers are currently working to remove him from their titles. …

Having distanced himself from comments made about the further merging of Xbox and PC, Phil Spencer has now watered down his stance about possible console hardware upgrading. Spencer last week said that he wanted console hardware to be both backwards and forwards compatible, with Microsoft releasing new hardware capabilities during …

John Farjay dismisses game as ‘a lost cause’ despite successfully raising $100,000 on Kickstarter and achieving positive review average on Steam

Yahoo! has launched their long-rumoured eSports news division this week after bringing in Gamespot’s Travis Gafford to head the section. Gafford previously lead much of the League of Legends reportage for Gamespot, along with weekly talkshows on the game’s eSports community. The site has also employed CS:GO and Heroes of …

Long-running emulation project MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) has transitioned to open-source availability after nearly two decades of existence. Popular among video game archivists and retro enthusiasts for its ability to emulate titles from the 1970s up until the modern day, the software was previously released under a modified BSD …