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The publisher of Call of Duty and Destiny has released a brand new game… based on ITV period drama Downton Abbey. In Mysteries of the Manor, you’ll step into the role of a newly hired staff member who was brought in to investigate a mysterious burglary,” the company said. An …

The expansion to Bungie’s co-op focused shooter Destiny has claimed a new PlayStation Network record. Publisher Activision says that the game has become the most downloaded day one new release on Sony’s network. It has also claimed the record for the highest number of total players and peak online concurrency …

Shigeru Miyamoto has personally taken the decision to cancel Star Fox Zero’s pre-Christmas release on Wii U. I made a big decision last week,” he said on Facebook. We have been developing Star Fox Zero for Wii U with the aim of releasing it this year. Although we felt that …

Scott Cawthon’s popular horror series Five Nights at Freddy’s is getting a fifth title, but it won’t be Five Nights at Freddy’s 5. The game will instead be an RPG by the name of FNAF World, Cawthon revealed in a post on theFive Nights at Freddy’s 4 Steam community hub. …

Final Fantasy mobile spin-off FFVII G-Bike will shut down later this year, Square Enix has confirmed. Gematsureports the studio will pull support of the iOS and Android release on December 15th, with money-based sales of in-game currency ending on October 13th. Although we were pushing forward with discussions until now, …

Super Meat Boy is at last making its way to PlayStation hardware next month, developer Team Meat has announced. The hit indie platformer will arrive on PS4 and Vita with all previously released content on October 6th, according to its PlayStation listing. The game will be offered as a free …

Tickets for this year’s Games Media Awards are available now. These tickets are primarily for non-media. Journalists will be able to attend the event for free, and will be invited along once the finalists have been announced next week. The event takes place at the Bloomsbury Ballroom in London. Tickets …

The low-cost tablet market has undergone a big shakeup with Amazon’s announcement of a new Fire tablet that costs just 49.99. Called simply ‘Fire’, the Android device has a 1024×600 seven inch screen, 1GB of RAM, 1.3 GHz quad-core processor, and both front (2MB, 720p, HD video) and rear facing …