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Blizzard has detailed the beta release schedule for its upcoming multiplayer FPS Overwatch, with festivities kicking off next week. A post on theBattle.net blogreveals a closed beta for the game will begin October 27thin North America, and will arrive later at an unspecified date for Europe and Asia. Open beta …

Longtime EA executive Tim Wilson has left the publisher to join Glue Mobile as its chief technical officer. Games Industryreports on the departure – and subsequent appointment – of Wilson, who worked for 20 years at Electronic Arts in roles including CTO of EA, EA Labels, All Play, the Core …

The studio's CEO Mehmet Ecevit discusses game clones, mobile ads and quick development

$5 could potentially be shaved off the price of tactical RPG Summon Night 5 is enough fans retweet one of its ads. The PSP (and now Vita) title is heading to PSN as a digital release shortly. Publisher Gaijinworks initially set the price at $34.99. However, it also announced a …

The European and American versions of Wii U horror game Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water will have a big visual difference compared to the original Japanese release. The existing version of the game (known as Fatal Frame in other territories) sees its female stars dressed in next to nothing, …

But year-on-year hardware sales declined by 23 per cent in September in the US

‘I’m kind of annoyed that so many crowdfunding drives at this point have had 90 per cent of their funding from investors already and just used it as an interest gauge’

This week, Astro Gaming gets ready for Black Ops III with a new headset while Elgato helps PC live streamers get started Astro A40 Headset + MixAmp Pro TR Astro Edition Astro Gaming has bolstered its range of TR headsets with a new peripheral suitable for shooter fans wanting to …

Remember when everyone was saying that consoles were dying and no-now would be the next-generation machines? They were wrong. NPD has revealed that combined sales of the PS4 and Xbox One some 23 months into their lives are 40 per cent higher than the totals achieved by their predecessors the …