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Electronic Arts has partnered with theme park Great America of California to construct a brand new attraction based on the Mass Effect franchise. The attraction will be on display in the theme park’s Action Theater starting in 2016. It will feature motion-based seating, a live narrator that interacts with park …

Krillbite has announced the console release of its horror game Among the Sleep will launch on PS4 this December. In a post on theUS PlayStation Blog, the studio’s chief of marketing and community Kristina Halvorsen revealed the indie title will release on December 10thfor Sony’s hardware. No word on the …

GameStop aims to hire 28,000 additional staff for this year’s holiday season, the US retailer has revealed. Games Industryreports the figure tops the 25,000 extra seasonal employees the company looked to add for the 2014 holiday season by 12 per cent. "Providing exceptional customer service is the cornerstone of GameStop’s …

Square Enix has said that the first parts of its upcoming Hitman game will be released on March 11th 2016. The game was originally due out in December but was last week pushed back to next year. As has been previously detailed, the game will be released in bits. The …

Fantasy sports monolith FanDuel has acquired eSports betting startup AlphaDraft as further big players in sports wagering enter the scene. Last week’s announcement that current market leaders Draft King would be expanding to provide eSports options has been followed swiftly by closest rivals in the sector, FanDuel. The fantasy sports …

Retailer Amazon has announced a new scheme that will see people earning between $18-$25 an hour to deliver parcels to customers. ‘Amazon Flex’ requires only that members have their own car and own Android phone. Drivers will be delivering packages ordered through Amazon’s new same-hour Prime delivery service. Those wishing …

The lead designer of Guild Wars 2 is the latest addition to Amazon’s games development arm. Amazon Game Studios has hired Eric Flannum, who leaves ArenaNet after 10 years at the MMO firm. He will take up the role of creative director, according toGamasutra. Flannum will reportedly be working on …

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 …