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Erin Roberts takes on extra duties following Alex Mayberry's departure

Media firm Future has acquired London-based internet and advertising providing Net Communities. Net Communities clients include Polygon-owner Vox Media as well as TNW, Anandtech, Digital Trends and Tom’s Hardware. It also runs a number of B2B tech sites including ITProportal, ITReviews and ITWhitePapers. It has a monthly audience of around …

Sony appears to have accidentally leaked the PlayStation 4 release date of Thatgamecompany’s 2012 release, Journey. According to Sony’sDocs for PlayStationwebsite, Journey is expected out on July 21stfor PS4. The listing also includes the game’s digital manual and guides, along with a mention that the edition has been in beta …

Star Citizen executive producer Alex Mayberry has quit his position at Cloud Imperium Games, with multiple reports stating the departure is for personal reasons. Games Beatreports Cloud Imperium founder Chris Roberts’ brother Erin Roberts will be tasked with Mayberry’s workload – including the general handling of Star Citizen’s production. Mayberryjoined …

Ark: Survival Evolved continues its dominance of Steam’s top ten sellers chart, beating out GTA V again during the past week. The two titles have been cemented in their respective positions on the list for more than a month now, with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt …

The total prize pool for Hi-Rez Studios’ Smite World Championships has been capped at $1m, according to President Stewart Chisam. The $1m limitation is less than half of the total from this year’s SWC – which awarded $2.6m in prize money to eight top teams in January – and also …

Sony’s updated PS4 design is quieter than the existing model and generates less heat. That’s according to Eurogamer, which has examined the findings of a Pocket News report. The PS4 redesign was quietly revealed by at FCC filing last month. Although on the surface it looks much the same as …

Grace Kim and Cherylynn Lima receive $5,000 for educational expenses and get ten-week internship at studio

Ahead of the release of Might No. 9 in September, Keiji Inafune has taken to Kickstarter with another Mega Man successor. Red Ash: The Indelible Legend is described as an open-world game with third-person shooter elements. Many of its developers previously worked on cancelled 3DS game Mega Man: Legends. So …

Hell yeah – the Texas Rattlesnake himself will grace the cover of this year’s WWE game. One of the biggest wrestlers of the infamous ‘Attitude Era’, Stone Cold Steve Austin replaces relative newcomer and WWE 2K15 box star John Cena, whose "You can’t see me" catchprase takes on new meaning …