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Indie. It’s a word that instantly conjures visions of 2D platformers, retro graphics and quirky gameplay, of bedroom designers and nervous-looking developers showing their life’s work in the corner of games industry events. Today, the term also brings to mind some of the most innovative, influential and talked-about titles ever …

A western release of 3DS action RPG Final Fantasy Explorers is in the works for Europe and North America, Square Enix has confirmed. The game will launch in both territories for Nintendo’s handheld in January 2016 – validating the two trademarks filed by Square Enix in US and Europe that …

Electronic Arts has reported its financial results for the three month period concluding at the end of June, with the firm beating its previous expectations. EA brought in $1.20bn in GAAP net revenue for the quarter, down ever so slightly to the $1.21bn made in the same period last year. …

Starbreeze’s award-winning puzzle platformer Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons is set to arrive on PS4 and Xbox One next month, publisher 505 Games has announced. The title will release digitally worldwide for Microsoft and Sony’s current-gen consoles on Wednesday, August 12th– with the versions packing the official soundtrack, art …

New Virtual Reality Developers Conference to also take place on March 14th and 15th

The rumours are true – Ubisoft is releasing a version of Wii U launch title for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Entitled Zombi, the title is coming out as a digital download on August 18th. ZombiU originally came out in 2012 as a Wii U exclusive, launching alongside the …

Unbeatable Smash 4 champ Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios has been signed to eSports organisation Team SoloMid, the player confirmed to eSports Pro today. After taking first place this month at Evo, and 39 consecutive tournaments beforehand, the Chilean king of Smash Bros for Wii U said that he was glad to …

Reddit’s head of community Jessica Moreno has left the company, marking the fourth major exit by a female employee in the last month. Moreno has stated that her gender played no role in the decision. Her departure follows those of AMA organiser Victoria Taylor, CEO Ellen Pao and chief engineer …

Entering 2014 on the back foot, Xbox One fought passionately to pull itself back into the race against PS4. Microsoft UK director of sales Anne Lepissier tells MCV how her team helped keep pace with Sony’s machine – and what comes next Congratulations on winning the MCV Award for Sales …

Developer Ubisoft Quebec has denied the longstanding accusations that it added in a playable female protagonist to Assassin’s Creed Syndicate in response to the controversy surrounding Unity. Unity was last year criticised for not giving players the option of using a female character in the game’s four-person multiplayer. The furore …