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Mobile title Lara Croft GO is launching on both iOS and Android later this month. Publisher Square Enix announced that its turn-based mobile Lara Croft game will be launching on August 27th. This is the second entry in the firm’s GO series. The first was Hitman GO which launched last …

Rare Replay has debuted at the top of the UK All Formats UK Top 40. It’s the first No.1 the developer has had since 1998’s Banjo-Kazooie on the Nintendo 64, and the first budget-priced title to reach the top spot since Wii Fit Plus in 2009. No other new releases …

The ensuing popularity of boxed video games has helped to slow the retraction of the UK’s physical goods market. The physical entertainment business (that’s games, films and music) shrank by three per cent during Q2 of 2015, ending July 5th, according to market tracker Kantar Worldpanel. That’s quite a significant …

Dota 2 tournament the International has concluded with American team Evil Geniuses coming out on top, and all five members becoming millionaires in the process. Kotakureports the squad is the first American team to win the eSports event, doing so by beating Chinese team CDEC 3-1 in a best-of-five Grand …

Rocket League has again came out ahead on Steam’s latest top ten sellers chart for yet another consecutive week. Like the past several weeks, Ark: Survival Evolved and GTA V finished in order right behind the hit mulitplayer game. The trio have been unmovable from the top three spots for …

The Dare to be Digital 2015 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title Deep Space Mine

The Dare to be Digital 2015 team talks about working on their entry title SnowDown

Doggedly refusing to buy into the current gloomy narrative surrounding the company, Konami has had the audacity to post some very strong quarterly numbers. Profit for the quarter ending June soared 159.9 per cent to 4.28bn, while revenue climbed 5.3 per cent to 51.2bn. Konami’s games arm, Digital Entertainment, also …

Verizon wants to sell broadband and more to gamers. Verizon is joining other big brands likeCoca-Cola and Red Bullin marketing to the massive eSports audience. The communications giant has partnered with local gaming center and cafe Epic Gaming Lounge to host the EGL Dallas 10K video game tournament Aug. 7-9 …