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A Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare attraction is under construction at US amusement park Carowinds. Popcap is working on an accepted proposal to construct a 3D experience dubbed Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare: 3Z Arena for the Charlotte, North Carolina-based theme park. The attraction will have two opposing teams of …

Sony has acquired gesture recognition and imaging software developer Softkinetic. Gamasutrareports the Belgium-based company was acquired by the PlayStation maker for an undisclosed fee – meaning Softkinetic’s time-of-flight range image sensor technology, systems and software are now wholly-owned subsidiaries of Sony. The firm provided no additional information about the purchase …

Early Access hit Ark: Survival Evolved has retaken the top spot on Steam’s weekly best sellers chart, thanks to a feature discount promotion on Valve’s storefront. Last week’s push helped the in-development survival gamereach 2m sales(and counting) prior to official release, and beat out Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and …

Developer Lilith has halted its Kickstarter crowdfunding push for survival horror title Allison Road. The PT-inspired title’s Kickstarter launched on September 21st, and since then Lilith has raised 145,959 of its 250,000 goal and attracted 4,482 backers. The studio has announced on Kickstarter that the reason it has ditched its …

Warner’s upcoming superhero LEGO game will attempt to cover around 13 hours worth of film narrative. The publisher has revealed that LEGO Marvel’s Avengers will span the narrative played out across six of the comic powerhouse’s films – The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America, Captain America: Winter Solider, …

Event will be held in Nottingham on October 28th, alongside GameCity

Long-running UK developer takes on the role of business development manager

The industry celebrates the cream of the UK games media this week – and you have just 24 hours to make sure you’re networking with the top journalists and editors from across print, online and broadcast brands. The Games Media Awards take place on Wednesday October 14th at the Bloomsbury …

Stephen "Snoopeh" Ellis and Charlie Yang, manager of Evil Geniuses’ Dota 2 team, join us on the Esports Weekly roundtable to discuss whether or not the size of a prize pool does anything for the stability of esports. Watch the video at IGN >>>

Activision’s Transformers Devastation is actually part of a far wider plan for the brand, it has emerged. The Hollywood Reporter says that the game, which entered the UK Top 40 in 21st this week, boasts a narrative that exists within a number of other branching Transformers lines. Both Platinum’s game …