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Sony has offered PlayStation Plus subscribers a one-day extension as an apology for a network outage earlier this month. PSN went down for around ten hours on January 4th with most services forced completely offline. The breakage was or particular irritation to Destiny players as that was the final day …

Heavy metal pioneers Iron Maiden are releasing a free-to-play mobile RPG this summer. The title – Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast – is launching for iOS and Android, and is being made by Roadhouse Interactive and 50cc Games. This isn’t the band’s first foray into video games – in …

Warhammer 40,000: Carnage creator takes on mobile free-to-play game based on mythology of heavy metal band

The battle in esports for the airwaves is hotting up, with veteran organisers ESL announcing plans to extend the televised reach of their tournaments over the next 12 months. The news was contained in ESL’s plans for this year’s Pro League, which has gotten a 50% increase in the overall …

Media giant Vivendi has sold the remainder of its financial interest in publisher Activision Blizzard. Its 5.7 per cent stake was sold for $1.1bn, with the decision likely made as Activision Blizzard’s share price has nearly doubled in the last year. The shares were sold to an un-named third party. …

Veteran developer creates new content for the iconic shooter for the first time in 21 years

As the much awaitedESL One Maniladraws near, former The International 5 (TI5) champions, Evil Geniuses (EG) announced that they will not participate in the tournament. Their team captain, Peter ppd” Dager, posted on his Twitter that they declined the invitation to compete in the fist ESL One tournament at the …

Second studio will be led by former Exient dev Jon Gibson

Microsoft has revealed a few more details about its still in-development augmented reality headset HoloLens. Neowin grabbed the information from a Tel Aviv tech event attended by Microsoft’s technical evangelist Bruce Harris. Perhaps the most notable detail is that concerning the device’s field of view. It was revealed last July …

Hironobu Sakaguchi tweets that Mistwalker is also looking for background artists