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Payday 2 studio Overkill has apologised for a number changes to the game that have annoyed its community. In mid-October, the firm introduced in-game payments, something met with a firmly negative reaction from the title’s fans. Despite this vocal reaction, Overkill said the microtransactions were ‘working as expected’ before introducing …

It may not be Activision’s most well-know studio, but Beenox has worked on the publisher’s most important franchises. Craig Chapple finds out more about the dev's role in these multi-billion dollar operations

It looks like PS4 is ruling the roost when it comes to EA’s new shooter Star Wars Battlefront. Polygon picked up on numbers from a third-party stat-tracking site that suggest the number of gamers playing the game on PS4 is more than the combined total of those on both Xbox …

Star Wars Battlefront debuts at the top spot in the UK charts and has the fourth biggest week of any game this year. The online-only shooter has the biggest launch for a Star Wars game, selling more than 117 per cent more units in its first week than previous record …

Gamers looking for a cheaper Wii U or 3DS now have an official route to score a cheaper console. Nintendo has opened its own eBay storefront, featuring a range of software and hardware deals. Among the current offering is 2DS consoles, new NFC readers for Amiibo figurines, controllers, games and …

At just 17 years old, Braxton "Swag" Pierce was on the cusp of a breakthrough career inCounter-Strike: Global Offensive, one of the fastest growingesportsscenes on the planet. But on Jan. 26, 2015, Pierce and three other members of his team, iBUYPOWER, were indefinitely banned from Valve-sponsored events. The game’s developer …

According to the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), 44% of all gamers in the U.S. today are female. But when it comes to the burgeoning market of eSports, professional gamers are overwhelmingly male. French eSports company Oxent wants to change that. Read more at Fortune >>>

Peru’s games industry has struggled with the steep cost of hardware and software in Latin America, leading to a thriving black market. PricewaterhouseCoopers lists Peru as one of the games industry’s higher-growth, smaller-scale markets. The research firm believes that the country’s games business will experience a compound average growth rate …

The hugely popular Interface event returned last week, bringing together hundreds of budding indie developers with publishers seeking new titles at St Mary’s Church in London. A number of industry experts and legends also shared their wisdom on-stage during a series of topical talks. MCV looks back at the best …

5th Cell’s Fig crowdfuding project Anchors in the Drift has fallen short of meeting its funding goal of half-million dollar goal by nearly $400,000. Polygon reports on Fig’s first failure, having recently spoken with the new crowdfunding platform’s CEO Justin Bailey on what occurs when a campaign doesn’t meet its …