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Debbie Bestwick ponders what will happen if the indie sector doesn't avoid the mistakes of the past

Steam users who are scammed into fake item trades will no longer be reimbursed by Valve, the company has said. The reason? That they really should know better, the company argues. We provide enough information on our website and within our trading system to help users make good trading decisions,” …

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Strike Gamelabs co-founder to expand organistion that helps devs apply for grant funding

Nintendo development boss Shigeru Miyamoto is not leading development of the NX, it has been revealed. I’ve pulled myself back out of some of the hardware section and I’m really focused on some of the software that I’m involved in – for example, the new Starfox game,” he told Forbes. …

Holy sales, Batman! Arkham Knight has beaten The Witcher 3 to become this year’s biggest launch to date. Bandai Namco’s RPG previously saw the biggest first week of 2015 when it launched back in May, holding onto the chart top spot for three weeks until it was deposed by The …

Rocksteady’s first attempt at fixing the troubled PC version of Batman Arkham Knight is now live, but users have been warned to expect a long wait until the title is back to full health. A patch is available on Steam now that addresses a few things – chiefly the missing …

It might have recently turned 40 years old, but Dungeons & Dragons hasn’t thrown its last die yet. Having almost single-handedly created the role-playing genre upon its release in 1974, D&D is to thank for the modern state of RPG games. Without it, there wouldn’t be Fallout 4, The Witcher …

The latest in Nippon Ichi’s Disgaea franchise will arrive this October in North America and Europe, publisher NIS America has announced. Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance will release on October 6thin North America and October 9thin Europe for PlayStation 4 consoles. Additionally, the North American release offers a special "launch …

Square Enix has re-listed The World Ends With You: Solo Remix on the App Store, following confirmation that the game is now compatible with iOS 8. The publisherpulled the gamefrom the App Store in February due to game-breaking bugs introduced by Apple’s latest OS for its mobile platform, but the …