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Sega’s somewhat surprising platforming follow-up won’t arrive on 3DS this side of Christmas. Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice, which is a sequel to the commercially failed Boom titles of 2014, was announced in June and was due out on 3DS this year. The team at Sega has decided to delay …

Capcom has signed up as sponsor for this year’s Games Media Awards. The publisher’s Street Fighter brand will take Gold Partner status at this year’s event – and we’ve got some on-the-night surprises related to the venerable series of fighting games. I’m very happy to be sponsoring the Games Media …

New development team will set up shop in Fukuoka, Japan next month

Last night saw the long-awaited airing of the BBC’s controversial dramatization of Rockstar’s creation of Grand Theft Auto, The Gamechangers. At least, that is what we thought it would be about. In reality the 90-minute show didn’t seem to tell any particular story. The events depicted the period between the …

Intel Developer Blog: How you can use Intel Graphics Performance Analyzers to analyse and optimise your game

eSports is on the rise according to HyperX’s business manager Edward Baily, which is why more resellers should stock up on components. Here he explains why… Last year in Katowice, Poland, I experienced first-hand one of the world’s largest PC gaming eSports tournaments: The Intel Extreme Masters World Championship. Read …

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has released a new video showcasing the ridiculous amount of voice acting talent gathered for its upcoming action adventure title Lego Dimensions. In a Back to the Future reunion, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd will play their respective characters Marty McFly and Doc Brown. Gary …

Capcom’s free-to-play game Dragon’s Dogma Online has racked up more than 1m downloads since its release last month. DualShockersreports the PS3, PS4 and PC editions of the title have combined to reach the milestone just 10 days after its August 27thlaunch in Japan. The publisher adds that over 370,000 characters …

Shovel Knight is set to receive a free update packing a completely new campaign later this week, developer Yacht Club has announced. Shovel Knight: Plague of Shadows will have players working through an all-new” adventure starring Plague Knight, along with a new challenge mode. The content launches this Thursday, September …

Fruit Ninja developer Halfbrick has made its two designers Layton Hawkes and Ryan Langley redundant. According toKotaku, the Australian studio no longer has any design staff on the team, and has no plans to take on any new employees in the profession. Despite letting go of its designers, Halfbrick CEO …