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Square Enix’s isometric puzzle platformer Lara Croft Go has been named by Apple as the best iPhone game of 2015. Note that the award has nothing to do with commercial performance – it’s the game Apple’s games editorial team has chosen as their favourite. Bethesda’s Fallout Shelter and 1Button’s Mr …

Lara Croft GO named best iOS game, but Ellen Degeneres and Mojang lead sales in 2015

Steam Early Access darling Ark: Survival Evolved is making its move to Xbox One next week. Studio Wildcard has told IGN it’s bringing Ark to the platform on December 16th and it will set consumers back $34.99. It’s coming to Xbox One courtesy of the the platforms Game Preview program, …

A new UK games publisher has been founded that hopes to take a different approach to developer partnerships. Gamesco, based in the Isle of Man, will specialise in online and massively multiplayer games for PC and consoles. The firm has secured rights to a mix of iconic brands and original …

Developer Creative Intelligence Arts has said that its successfully crowdfunded RPG Project Phoenix now won’t arrive until 2018. Furthermore, the studio has said that displeased backers won’t be refunded. Current estimates place dev at about 2.5 years out from completion,” the studio said. This is 2.5 years from the time …

US mobile firm dips into $130m for new acquisitions

Valve is launching a two-factor authentication Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator app to protect its users accounts against hackers. In a post on its Steam blog, the firm details the on-going issues with users accounts being accessed and pillaged for valuable in-game items. Valve estimates that 77,000 accounts are hijacked every …

Yoichi Wada has labelled Konami’s treatment of Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima as cruel”. The saga of Konami’s and Kojima’s falling out has been one of the biggest stories of 2015, although we’re yet to receive official confirmation of their separation. There has been plenty of documented undermining, however, …

All original artwork has been kept, team "definitely wants" to develop it further

Rovio has revealed that its CEO Pekka Rantala will be stepping down from his role. Rantala has only served in the position for a year, but will be replaced by Kati Levoranta in early 2016, according toTechCrunch. Levoranta currently serves as chief legal officer. The change was attributed to a …