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Midway’s 1986 arcade hit Rampage is the latest video game license to be given the Hollywood treatment. Deadline reports that Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson will begin filming for the live-action film next summer after completing duties on Fast & Furious. Rampage is being made by New Line, with Beau Flynn …

Studio to expand team and work on new games for the mid-core mobile market

The Call of Duty series could be in line for the next-gen remaster treatment, if Activision comments are anything to go by. "If done well, I think [remasters] can be great," Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg told Game Informer. "You talk about nostalgia, and people have such connection to the …

The Steam user reviews for Batman Arkham Knight will make for some hard reading for publisher Warner Bros this morning. The PC port of the superhero title is being slammed by all corners of the internet following its release yesterday thanks to a catalogue of technical problems being experienced by …

With the Apple Watch and more on the market, we ask devs how you create titles for wearable devices

The long-awaited PS Plus version of Driveclub finally arrived yesterday – only to be pulled almost immediately. ‘Premature’ may not be a word one would typically associate with Driveclub, the free version of which was originally due to arrive alongside the main game last October. But that’s the word the …

Use Your Brainz Edu aimed at math students to analyse their problem solving skills

It seems that for every critic declaring virtual reality to be the next major entertainment development, there’s another dismissing it as a flash in the pan. Who is right? It will be several years before we know for sure, but Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has dismissed those who predict …

Engine firm goes public with planned releases and updates

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