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Splinter Cell dev departs retailer's lead studio after just over a year

The four classic Star Wars ports announced as part of the Star Wars PS4 console bundle will be sold separately. Sony at the weekend revealed two Darth Vader themed PS4 console bundles, including a 1TB console and branded controller. One includes Star Wars Battlefront and the other Disney Infinity 3.0, …

Bungie’s blockbuster shooter is getting its greatest add-on yet in The Taken King. MCV looks at the merchandise surrounding the major launch The biggest new IP of 2014 is about to get even bigger. Launched last September, Activision and Bungie’s MMO-cum-FPS Destiny had over 16 million registered players at the …

Industry vet Clint Hocking has left Amazon Game Studios, according to a new report. IGN reports on the departure of Hocking, which comes a little over a year after both he and former Valve lead Kim Swift joined Amazon’s development team and just two months following the company announcing new …

Volume developer Mike Bithell has announced a slight delay for the PS Vita release of the forthcoming stealth adventure title. A post by Bithell on the game’sofficial sitereveals the game will arrive a couple weeks” after launch on PS4 and PC later this week. It’s so very nearly ready, but …

The Talos Principle is heading to Xbox One, if a listing by the ESRB is anything to go by. A new ESRB listing spotted byDestructoidindicates the game will soon arrive for Microsoft’s current console hardware. No word on when the Xbox One release is scheduled to land, but the worldwide …

The team behind Mega Man Legends successor Red Ash is asking punters to hand over yet more money, this time to fund an extension to the anime. Kotaku reports that Studio 4C, which is making an anime to accompany the launch of Red Ash, is using its own website to …

Disney’s 2014 animated film Big Hero 6 will get its own dedicated world in Square Enix’s upcoming RPG Kingdom Hearts III. The news was confirmed at Disney’s D23 expo over the weekend. The action will take place in the movie’s San Fransokyo city, with Hiro and Baymax confirmed – although …

Microsoft set somewhat of a trend when it broke the mold with its 2006 Gears of War trailer, and now that classic has been revisited for the game’s re-release. In 2006 the platform holder turned heads by using the slow and haunting Gary Jules cover of Mad World for its …

Wargaming developer explains why diversity is tougher for certain genres to strive for