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Activision’s latest Call of Duty title has spent its tenth week at the No.1 spot in the UK since its November launch. The shooter manages this for a mere 17 per cent decline in sales, likely due to the recent release of its first round of DLC – Awakening. In …

Games with less than a month of development time that are taking risks and breaking boundaries to be focus of incubator

Microsoft has said that the only way people will be able to buy the PC version of Quantum Break is through the Windows store. And while many recent Microsoft PC releases – such as Rise of the Tomb Raider – have been dubbed as ‘Windows 10′ titles despite happily working …

Before film director Guillermo Del Toro became Hideo Kojima’s creative muse, the Metal Gear Solid mastermind considered someone else within the world of games. Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski has revealed that he was among those Kojima asked to work on now-cancelled horror title Silent Hills. I was flattered …

Gears of War creator claims he refused because ‘I love new IP and would’ve fucked up Silent Hills’

Sequel to reboot of adventure franchise sees off competition from Pillars of Eternity, Assassin’s Creed and The Witcher

Outsourcing provider working on another unannounced title with creator of franchise

Microsoft has agreed a deal to hand an extensive set of toy licensing rights to Mattel. The pair already partner for products such as Halo Mega Bloks, but this new agreement will lead to a far wider range of merchandise, with a unified creative and design vision across the catalogue. …

Global sales of the PS4 may well be far ahead of Xbox One, but today’s Ubisoft financial report reveals that Microsoft users are spending more. VentureBeat reports that for every $1 spent by the average PS4 owner on Ubisoft products in Q3, Xbox One owners spent $1.25. This higher average …

Sales of digital points cards in stores rose slightly from 158m in 2014 to 160m last year. The main area of growth in this sector are cards bought for specific individual titles, which was valued at 27m in 2015. IHS estimates that over 1.224bn was spent on PC and console …