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Revolution Software, The Chinese Room, SFB Games and Italic Pig share funding for narrative-driven games

John Smedley has left the studio formerly known as Sony Online Entertainment. It was announced last month that the executive had stepped down from his role of CEO, with the plan apparently being for him to take some time off before transitioning to a different role” within the company. However, …

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The developer behind mobile hit Game of War is taking Kabam to court after it was discovered the latter had seemingly gained access to the studio’s secrets. Machine Zone has filed a lawsuit accusing the mobile publisher of misappropriation of trade secrets”, according toVentureBeat, referring specifically to the developer’s plans …

Machine Zone files lawsuit after out-of-control banter at Casual Connect

Warner Bros’ LEGO Jurassic World is top of the UK All Formats Top 40 for the fourth time since its launch. It manages this in spite of a 14 per cent dip in sales this week. Between LEGO Jurassic World, Batman: Arkham Knight, Dying Light and Mortal Kombat X, Warner …

A patent application filed by Nintendo in February could point to some of the fundamental design decisions that will shape the NX. Key amongst them is that the new device, spotted by Neogaf, does not include an optical disc drive. What is mentioned is a card slot, so we could …

Take-Two has reported new milestones for Red Dead Redemption and Grand Theft Auto. In a Shareholder Outreach document spotted byVG247, the publisher states Grand Theft Auto as a series has surpassed 220m copies sold-in. Take-Two announced GTA V hadshipped over 52mback in May, which indicates the series has moved another …

Squad’s hit space flight sim Kerbal Space Program is heading to Xbox One, Microsoft has announced. The new trailer (below) provides the news, but doesn’t mention much beyond KSP coming to Microsoft’s hardware at some point. That said, Squad is planning aPS4 releasefor sometime in 2016. The PC release of …

Rocket League fell from the top spot of Steam’s weekly best sellers chart for the first time since its launch, as Ark: Survival Evolved was able to retake peak position thanks to a discount offer. Promotions meaningfully shook up the top five for the first time in nearly two months. …