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Grand Theft Auto V has taken the top spot on Steam’s latest weekly best-sellers list. The game jumped ahead of Fallout 4 thanks to a feature discount promotion during the period, thus it wouldn’t be much of a surprise to see Bethesda’s recent release retake the top spot next time …

The sequel to PS2 release Hardware: Online Arena is scheduled to launch next month, exclusively for PS4. Following a beta run in October, Hardware: Rivals is set to officially release on January 5thfor Sony’s latest console. A post on thePlaystation Blogcovers the content that’s been added to the game since …

Funcom has reunited with Conan the Barbarian, revealing a new publishing agreement with Conan Properties. The deal makes Funcom the preferred partner” for PC and console releases based around Conan and Hyboria. The developer will reveal the first of three in-development games this January – the other two will be …

The annual ranking at reviews aggregator Metacritic has named Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as 2015’s highest reviewed game. However, the site’s takeaway message is thus: For the past several years, our year-end report on the year in games has contained a note stating that if the newest …

Bandai Namco has left it until just days before Christmas – and after most of the games press seems to have gone home – to announce a host of new titles and release dates. First off, both God Eater Resurrection and God Eater 2 are PS4, Vita and PC bound …

A former basketball star has bought a professionalLeague of Legendsteam. Former Boston Celtics and LA Lakers forward Rick Fox has bought theLeagueChampionship Series(LCS) spot ofGravity Gaming. The team will play under the name Echo Fox in 2016. The sale tallied "roughy $1 million," according to a Dec. 3reporton the Daily …

Andrew Roper made technical director following coding work on Tango Fiesta

New app and learning resource Unreal Match 3 follows on the heels of Unreal Engine 4.10

An official ethical investigation into a US congressman involving his participation in a video for Riot Games’ immensely popular MOBALeague of Legendshas cleared the lawmaker of wrongdoing. The Committee on Ethics (via Polygon) recentlypublished its official report regarding Colorado congressmanJared Polis, summarizing its findings thusly: "Following its review, the Committee …

New mobile title designed to help people learn how to make games with Unreal Engine 4