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Wargaming has opened a dedicated new mobile game publishing and development division WG Cells. It will have two studios based in Seattle and Kiev, and will be headed by Wargaming’s Marat Karpeko and former DropForge Games CEO David Bluhm. Games already released under the label include strategy RPG Loot & …

‘I will no longer have to bow my head in shame or guilt when someone approaches me claiming they backed our project'

Digital retailer and publisher Green Man Gaming is once again showing its support of indie developers by backing next month’s Interface event. The company will be meeting with developers to discuss taking new titles to market, whilst also introducing its new Finishing Finance Facility funding scheme. "We were proud to …

Permadeath has become pretty common in modern games – but new PC title One Life interprets the concept far more literally. Titles such as DayZ, Rogue Legacy, Galak-Z, Binding of Isaac and Spelunky punish the player by making them start over entirely if they die in-game. Greenlight title On Life, …

Physical games label Sold Out has signed its first digital title. The publisher will be releasing Unbox from British developer Prospect Games. The title was recently approved on Steam Greenlight, receiving 7,390 yes votes and 516 followers in just one fortnight. The title is set for launch in 2016. Traditionally, …

Australian Halo fans will get to see the first 15 minutes of the next entry in the sci-fi series the day before the game’s launch. But there’s a catch… …and the catch is that the display showing the campaign footage will be flying some 2,000 feet (609 metres) above the …

Bethesda is now selling a Fallout 4-themed Xbox One controller. The Fallout and Elder Scrolls publisher has the special edition gamepad (pictured)listed on its website. It will set consumers back $59.99 which is roughly 39. The controller features a blue and gold colour scheme that mimics that of the Fallout …

Mobile arm headed by Marat Karpeko and David Bluhm

Overkill has altered the role of in-game payments in Payday 2 following an angry response from fans. Less than a week ago, the studio introduced microtransactions to Payday 2, which many fans found hard to swallow. Many dug up the developer’s previous 2013 vow that it wouldn’t add paid content …

The head of Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment David Haddad has risen to become the president of the publisher’s games business. His promotion was announced by DC and Warner Bros Consumer Products boss Diane Nelson and the president of WB Worldwide Home Entertainment Distribution Ron Sanders. Haddad joined Warner Bros in …