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San Mateo team working on new IP and established NCSoft franchises

Their announcement may have been greeted with criticism, but players seem to be voting with their wallets and backing the content. VentureBeat reports that the game’s Silver currency, which is purchased with real cash, has hit the top five of the Paid Add-Ons sales charts for PSN in the US. …

Fractured Space developer targets Asia push

London, Manchester and Southampton will this month provide homes for three new stores from retailer GAME. The London (Westfield White City) and Manchester (Trafford Centre) outlets open today (November 6th). Anyone who shops in them at any stage in the next three days will receive an extra 1,000 Reward Points. …

Gamers are taking to Twitter to lambast GAME after it appears their pre-orders for the Pip-Boy Edition of Fallout 4 were cancelled days before release. The 100 SKU includes the much-discussed real-life Pip-Boy wearable, and was exclusive to the retailer. Consumers had to place a 20 deposit to secure their …

'What I think is probably the logical result is, that Link gets built into monitors and TVs,' says Gabe Newell

Just Games Interactive Entertainment has accused mobile games publisher Glu Mobile of stealing its idea for a Kim Kardashian game. The Associated Press reports that Just Games claims to have prepared a detailed pitch” for a Kardashian title for a representative of Kim Kardashian’s mother and manager, Kris Jenner. Just …

We speak to Valve’s Gabe Newell and top PC games developers about Steam Machines, and if rivals should be worried

Want to know what the ‘PS4 Life’ looks like? If Sony is to be believed it features a lot of dancing with video game characters, including some guardians from Activision’s hit online shooter, Destiny. That’s according to a new advert – which appears to have been pitched as a musical …

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