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We’re already getting accustomed to Nintendo publishing on smartphones – now a Nintendo title is coming to PC. Developer Valhalla has confirmed that Devil’s Third is to receive a free-to-play PC release by prior agreement with Nintendo”, with a September release date scheduled. Nintendo will not be the publisher, however. …

Hideo Kojima may have predicted his clash with Konami more than a year before the publisher erased the Metal Gear Solid creator’s name from his next game. That’s the theory put forward by YouTube user timesplitter88, who revisited last year’s bite-sized prequel to Metal Gear Solid 5, Ground Zeroes, and …

Free-to-play may still be a turn off to some sections of the fandom, but for developers it can often remain a very sensible choice. A perfect illustration of this is Asher Vollmer. He’s the creator of hit mobile (and now console) puzzle game Threes. It was originally released as a …

Having already toyed with race and penis size, Rust is about to brave yet another frontier – automatically assigning a player’s gender. Until now the game has only offered male player models, but creator Garry Newman has said an upcoming patch the game will add a female design. The female …

Five months on from the revelations that shook Godus to its core, 22Cans has admitted that there is still no plan in place for competition winner Bryan Henderson to become the game’s ‘God of Gods’. "No, there isn’t, being completely frank," new 22Cans CEO Simon Phillips told Eurogamer when asked …

The mystery behind Mojang’s failure to release Scrolls on iOS appears to have been solved. The game was released on PC and Android last December but despite being scheduled to appear on Apple’s devices never migrated to the platform. Touch Arcade reports that the game was actually successfully ported to …

$6,333,295 – that’s how much was successfully raised by Shenmue 3 on Kickstarter. The campaign came to a close over the weekend, with the final total raised from 69,320 backers. The number makes it the highest ever funded video game and the third highest funded ‘games’ project behind card game …

The first major crowdfunding success for the games industry is now on course to break even. In a new video documentary, studio founder and veteran developer Tim Schafer explains that the adventure game’s development costs were actually more than the total raised via crowdfunding, according toGames Industry. My expectation with …

Data visualisation content organised by Epic Games and Wellcome Trust comes to an end

Games are increasingly being used in education as a method to get children engaged with their studies. Craig Chapple speaks to d3t about it’s recreation of the Battle of Bannockburn