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Valve has announced Steam will begin offering refunds for nearly any purchase made on the digital distribution service. A new page on Steam’s website details the new policy, which states users will receive refunds requested within two weeks of purchase – provided a few usage milestones haven’t been crossed. "You …

Bandai Namco will later this month announce that developer From Software is working on Dark Souls 3. That’s according to VG247, which says that From boss Hidetaka Miyazaki – who led development of the first game but not Dark Souls 2 – will be back in charge for this third …

Over two years of speculation looks as if it will come to a head tomorrow with the teased confirmation of Fallout 4. A Bethesda website is currently counting down until 3pm tomorrow (June 3rd), complete with a familiar animated Fallout-themed backdrop. Just check the URL in case there’s any doubt. …

Japanese telecoms firm Softbank has upped its stake in Clash of Clans developer Supercell by 22.7 per cent to 73.2 per cent. The Japanese telecoms giant bought shares held by existing external investors, including Accel Partners, which has sold all of its remaining stock in the firm. Supercell CEO Ilkka …

Console giant firmly denies rumours

Games retail superpower GameStop has broadened its reach with the acquisition of Geeknet. GameStop has acquired all of the ThinkGeek owner’s common stock for $20 per share. As recently as May 22nd it was trading at $7.90 per share, but had in recent days shot up to just under $20. …

Studio is merely "concentrating on Dying Light" and has "taken the pressure away" from first-person fantasy title

The upcoming NX console will not use Google’s Android operating system, the company has said. There is no truth to the report saying that we are planning to adopt Android for NX,” a spokesperson told The Wall Street Journal. A report from Japanese news source Nikkei said yesterday that the …

First person RPG Hellraid has not been scrapped, its developer Techland has asserted. The studio last month said that the game in its current shape and form, is not meeting our own expectations for this project” and that we decided the best course of action would be to send it …

Alacrity Falmouth student Chris Nobbs on building his own game studio, Polygrammatic