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PS4’s 3.00 system update will be rolled out tomorrow, bringing with it the ability to stream gameplay to YouTube for the first time. You’ll see a new icon for YouTube on the Broadcast Gameplay Screen, accessible after hitting the Share button,” Sony said. Now you can live stream directly from …

Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption is perhaps the most longed for PC port of them all, but it seems very unlikely it will ever happen. GameSpot reports that the game’s lead multiplayer designer Kris Roberts, who left Rockstar in 2010 and now works on Daybreak’s H1Z1, dashed any lingering hopes on …

Games journalist to take up role of producer at Bristol-based studio

Owners of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on iOS are not able to play the game if they have updated to the latest version of Apple’s OS. The game, a port of the PSP title of the same name, is not compatible with iOS 9. And it looks as if …

We speak to 5 Lives Studios about its Syndicate Wars successor and the engine powering it

Eric Flannum joins Amazon Game Studios to work on new PC title

Game goes completely free with no microtransactions

Like many of its Middle Eastern neighbours, Jordan has a thriving mobile games business. But it’s also seeing success on more traditional games platforms. Jordan’s mobile games industry is expected to expand by almost a third (29 per cent) this year, according to casual games firm, Big Fish Games. The …

Lime certainly has a zest for accessories and peripherals. The UK distributor boasts a roster of exclusive deals with major manufacturers, including SCUF Gaming, Skullcandy Gaming and Trigger Treadz, to name but three. The firm has also embraced fast-growing sectors such as the competitive gaming market, offering a number of …

Developers can now publish games of up to 100MB without Expansion Files