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‘You're only as good as your last game,’ laments mobile developer following lack of traction for Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch

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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