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InXile has revealed new Kickstarter stretch goals for The Bard’s Tale IV in the form of extra design help from Fallout and Planescape designers Chris Avellone and Colin McComb. Studio CEO Brian Fargo announced the news on the game’sKickstarter page, explaining McComb and Avellone will be brought on if funding …

Microsoft is readying a new online portal for educators to implement hit sandbox game Minecraft as a classroom resource. Engadget reports that the website is up but not fully running yet. The trailer below gives a good impression of what the company and developer Mojang have in mind. Minecraft in …

Phil Spencer, Microsoft’s head of Xbox, has admitted that the company needs to improve the European performance of the Xbox One. "We need to do better in Europe," Spencer told Edge, as reported by Videogamer. "When I look globally, mainland Europe is definitely an area we want to focus on. …

European developers are increasingly developing games for PC rather than mobile, according to a new survey. The GDC Europe State of the Industry report claims that 62 per cent of the 250 people surveyed are currently working on a PC game. This compares to 50 per cent who are bringing …

Future hinges on feedback from experimental build

League of Legends creators Riot Games has invested in media and tech company Curse. Curse is best known for its wiki engine Gamepedia but also runs a number of recognisable fan sites including Hearthpwn and Futhead. Between them this portfolio attracts some 28m monthly visitors and over 1bn page views. …

Tim and Chris Stamper will be jointly named as this year’s Development Legends at the Develop Industry Excellence Awards on the night of July 15th. The video games icons join an elite few who have picked up the prestigious accolade over the years. Previous recipients include the likes of Mark …

It’s back. It’s heading to PS4. And it could arrive this year. But the cancellation of The Last Guardian was most certainly a possibility. That’s according to Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida who has told the latest issue of Edge, as reported by Videogamer, that it was the vocal …

Tim and Chris Stamper, co-founders of Rare and with a legacy of over 100 classic games, honoured at big night for games developers in two weeks' time

It has $84m+ in the bank, but there’s still no indication of when Star Citizen will actually be released – and now one component of the title has been delayed indefinitely. In the latest complication to trouble the space sim, RSI boss Chris Roberts has admitted that the game’s first …