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In its native Korea, NCSoft is one of the top three games publishers alongside rivals, Nexon and SmileGate. The firm has long had a presence in the West, and has been behind MMO titles such as Guild Wars and WildStar. But now the company is looking to accelerate its growth …

The latest video game craze in Japan is yet to run out of steam. The Yo-Kai Watch franchise has already shifted more than seven million copies, propelled by the success of the first two entries in the series. Last week, the latest title from developer Level 5, Yo-Kai Watch Busters, …

The previous developer of Dead Island 2 has spoken out for the first time following news earlier today that the studio has been taken off the game. Deep Silver said this morning that Yager had been pulled off the title, with the implication being that a new development partner was …

Randy Pitchford, president and CEO of Gearbox Software, believes that even hatred from gamers is a sign that you have accomplished something as a developer. As far as he is concerned, there are two obvious ways to approach prolonged and aggressive criticism: feel like Gearbox has screwed up, or that …

Gearbox boss says one gamer has emailed him every week since 2009 to complain about Borderlands

Gamers will next month be able to relive their memories of 1989’s successful Batman movie reboot thanks to new Arkham Knight DLC from Rocksteady. The 1989 Movie Batmobile Pack will not only contain a decent recreation of Keaton iconic Batsuit but also the movie’s Batmobile – presumably with the transformed …

Sony’s streaming games service PlayStation now is now available to all in the UK. Videogamer reports that the beta is available on PS4, PS3 and some Sony Bravia TVs and Blu-ray players. The service kicks off its latest iteration with a rental offering. A number of PS3 titles are available, …

Certified games represent a total budget of £180m, while £4m prototype fund 'launches soon'

'I did not acquire the franchise merely so we could all experience Duke Nukem Forever'

A free-to-play Chinese version of Sega’s Football Manager Online is in development. It’s being made by series creators Sports Interactive in partnership with DaLe Games. PvP elements have been reworked and will provide the emphasis of the gameplay, while plenty of social features will be slotted in too. "For us, …