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Hacking collective Lizard Squad has targeted the website of the UK’s National Crime Agency in retaliation to a number of arrests made last week. VentureBeat reports that the group has claimed credit for a DDoS attack that took down the NCA website for about an hour. The action took place …

Gears of War creator opens up on his decision to leave Epic

Retailers have confirmed a release for Telltale’s Minecraft: Story Mode on disc. GAME has listings for the PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the title. The PS4 and Xbox One SKUs have a release date of November 11th, while the old-gen titles are said to be coming …

Outspoken developer Tomonobu Itagaki has again accused the press of getting it wrong in its critical mauling of Wii U shooter Devil’s Third. Having previously blamed poor previews on journalists’ collective lack of skill, and subsequently claim that the game will be a breakthrough for the industry” that is going …

Mark Taylor replaces Ciara Smyth, who has left the role after two years

The 33rd Golden joystick Awards take place on October 30th, and voting has now opened on this year’s nominees. This year’s event takes place at the indig02 at London’s O2 Arena and will be hosted by TV presenter Danny Wallace. There are 24 categories in total, 21 of which are …

Tim Browne takes up role of game studio design director at Candy Crush Saga studio

Is this the end? With Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain now finally out worldwide, Konami and series’ creator Hideo Kojima have released what is described as a ‘debriefing’ video. The first half of the short is actually little more than self-congratulatory praise-mongering, with various bods associated with the …

Amplitude and Obsidian pick up three nominations each

UKIE chairman calls for more female developers at European Women In Games Conference