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Developer Harmonix has admitted that a number of its employees left positive reviews for its recent release Rock Band 4 on Amazon’s website. Reddit spotted a number of five-star reviews left by apparent employees of the studio. And now Harmonix has admitted that was indeed the case. "Harmonix has clarified …

Number of redundancies less than exepcted

Call of Duty publisher Activision is making a big move into eSports with the opening of a brand new competitive gaming division. Furthermore, it will be headed by former ESPN CEO Steve Bornstein, who will serve as chairman, and MLG co-founder Mike Sepso, who will be senior VP. Activision’s eSports …

50 jobs created with company's first satellite office

YouTube Red has already enlisted the services of one of the biggest video stars on the planet – PewDiePie. His show is called Scare PewDiePie and, as the name suggests, sees the excitable Swede endure a series of unpleasant and scary situations. The idea is that Kjellberg won’t know what’s …

Ubisoft Quebec's creative director and MD discuss diversity, open-worlds and game-breaking bugs

Things aren’t looking for the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions of the latest Tony Hawk’s game. Publisher Activision has confirmed to Eurogamer that those older versions of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 have been pushed back. The firm says it is focusing on fixing the PS4 and Xbox One editions. …

A fantasy sports provider focused on eSports has been snared by the government action being taken against two much higher profile fantasy sports services. Vulcun has shut down all activity in Nevadafollowing a ruling by the Nevada Gaming Control Board that so-called "daily fantasy sports" is in fact betting if …

The new boss of Atari has pledged to make amends for the firm’s recent video game flops. In March, the company released a survival game based on its Asteroids brand, Asteroids: Outpost. It also turned its Alone in the Dark franchise into a team shooter with Alone in the Dark: …

Next week’s PlayStation conference has made Paris Games Week part of the global calendar, but don’t expect it to become a Gamescom rival, organiser SELL has told MCV. Speaking ahead of next week’s show, SELL president Jean-Claude Ghinozzi said that the main focus of the event remains on French gamers. …