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Metal. Gear. Solid. Three words that, when combined, would mean complete gibberish, if it weren’t for the existence of one of gaming’s greatest franchises. Instead, utter the title of Konami’s iconic stealth series in certain company and you’re likely to be beset by tales of switching the controller port in …

Jon Torrens offers invaluable advice on how to present your games to publishers and other potential partners

Indie studio behind Unbox relocates ahead of Steam Greenlight campaign

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Before The Force Awakens hits cinema screens later this year, the Star Wars universe is about to expand thanks to a new mobile game. Star Wars: Uprising is a title for iOS and Android due out this Thursday, September 10th, that continues the story left off at the end of …

The son of China’s richest man is launching a live streaming site that could soon rival Amazon-owned service Twitch. Panda TV is being backed by Wang Sicong, local online celebrity and son of Wang Jianlin, who is estimated to be worth $26.5 billion (Forbes, via VentureBeat). Sicong will serve as …

GAME has apologised after some customers were overcharged by up to five times for Wii U title Super Mario Maker. The upcoming build-it-yourself Mario game is due out this Friday, and a handful of those who pre-ordered the title were surprised to find that up to 234.95 – five times …

The UK games industry can now decide which charities will receive a record-breaking amount of money from GamesAid. From today (September 7th) for one week, GamesAid members can vote from a list of charities that have already been put forward by the games industry. Due diligence to ensure the charities …

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has taken the top spot in consecutive weeks on Steam’s latest weekly best sellers chart. A regional duplication error has The Phantom Pain taking up both first and second spots for the past week, with Mad Max finishing third in its top ten …

Castle Crashers Remastered will launch on Xbox One this week, developer The Behemoth has announced. The studio’sofficial blogreveals the remastered edition will release September 9thon Microsoft’s current-gen console for $14.99, and The Behemoth is generously offering the title for free to any Xbox Live Gold member that owns the original …