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A major new update for Minecraft’s console release has begun rolling out, Mojang has announced. A post on thedeveloper’s blogdetails what the team is calling the console version’s biggest update ever.” We’re constantly improving Minecraft on all platforms but this is actually our biggest update ever, bringing the console versions …

Nintendo UK’s head of communications and partnerships Jo Bartlett has left the company. Bartlett spent four years at Nintendo, having replaced her long-term predecessor Rob Saunders in 2011 upon his departure to Apple. During her tenure she worked on a number of campaigns including the launch of the Wii U …

Roughly 300 employees from the Irish branch of ZeniMax Online Studios have apparently lost their jobs. The Connacht Tribune, a regional newspaper, reports that the firm’s business in Galway, Ireland has essentially been shut down, with the vast majority of full-time and contract employees let go. The Galway office of …

First it was Germany and now France is doing its bit to try and force Valve to allow Steam users to re-sell their digital purchases. French consumer association UFC-Que Choisir is unhappy about some of clauses in Steam’s subscriber agreement, as translated by Reddit. As with the German case, UFC …

Gearbox has announced Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak will be released in just over a month. Hkarak is a prequel to the Homeworld series and adds ground combat and tactics to the space-faring mix. It’s due out on PC on January 20th. It’s developed by Blackbird, which houses plenty of former …

John Broomhall talks to Star Wars Battlefront audio director Ben Minto about recreating the films’ iconic audio

Intel Developer Blog: Intel offers a comical look at famous historical figures and fictional characters dealing with games development

Studio still stunned by surprise success of digital action game

Rival Kingdoms and Samurai Siege dev among 15 of the UK’s fastest growing start-ups

Developer Psyonix has revealed the staggering success of 2015 hit Rocket League. The game has since its launch in July raised almost $50m in revenue, The Wall Street Journal reports. It also now has over 8m registered players, up from the 6m reported in September. The studio also reiterated that …