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Streaming network Twitch has announced it no longer allows games carrying ESRB’s Adults Only rating to be streamed on its service. "Simply put, AO games are not welcome on Twitch," the company wrote on its official blog. "Previously, we made game-specific decisions about which games would and would not be …

Indie horror hit Among the Sleep is now getting an Xbox One release on top of its upcoming PS4 version, developer Krillbite Studio has announced. A post from the developer on Twitter reveals the title will arrive on Microsoft’s console sometime later this year. The previously announced PS4 edition of …

Warner Bros and Lego are collaborating on what appears to be a Minecraft competitor in Lego Worlds. An image posted on the Eurobricks forums shows a flier advertising the upcoming game reading Explore. Discover. Create.” The ad indicates Warner Bros is publishing and TT Games is developing the title. There’s …

Wii U owners can now stream and catch up with their favourite BBC shows on their console. Seemingly without warning, a listing for the BBC’s online service has appeared on the Nintendo eShop, and was spotted by Nintendo Life. BBC’s streaming service weighs in at 94MB, and allows for gamers …

One year after its launch NCSoft has announced that sci-fi MMO WildStar will be going free-to-play this autumn. Developer Carbine has said that this decision was taken to open the game up to more users. The switch to free-to-play was hinted at earlier this month. WildStar launched last June and …

John Broomhall talks to composer Gareth Coker on creating the game’s unique music

A new version of Microsoft’s Xbox One controller might just have been leaked. According a page on Xbox’s Support website, this new game pad will feature a 3.5mm headphone jack – with the page noting that this will ‘only be available on controllers released after June 2015′. Other than that, …

For the first time in the history of the FIFA series consumers will be able to play as women. FIFA 16 will feature 12 Women’s National Teams from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Sweden and the USA. Bringing some of the best women’s players and …

PlayStation’s digital refund policy is to be the focus of a segment on tonight’s (Thursday May 28th) Watchdog. The BBC’s consumer rights programme will be looking at the case of one John Lappin, a PlayStation 4 owner who was refused a refund after a fraudulent 39.99 purchase was made on …

Ireland developer begins recruitment drive to hire 40 new staff