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The gifting restrictions recently enforced on Steam were unavoidable in the face of spiralling fraud, Valve has said. A number of restrictions were put in place late last year, and expanded upon earlier this year, that restricted some games from being played in a different region to that in which …

We speak to the studio behind Tom Clancy's The Division

GOG.com is opening its new online gaming platform to the public, highlighting its completely ‘optional’ and ‘free’ nature to gamers. GOG Galaxy has been in alpha testing for months, but will be brought into open public beta as of today (May 5th). Among the core factors GOG hopes will attract …

Microsoft’s new chief executive has revealed that HoloLens played a crucial role in the company’s acquisition of Minecraft creator Mojang. Let’s have a game that, in fact, will fundamentally help us change new categories,” CEO Satya Nadella told The New York Times. HoloLens was very much in the works then, …

We speak to the firm behind countless trailers and the LittleBigPlanet 3 intro to find out why they're ramping up in games

Sony’s streaming games PlayStation Now service will be launched on PS3 in the US in the coming days. PlayStation Now has been available on PS4 in the US since last year and entered beta in the UK last month. Now the service is making its way to PS3 for the …

Studio and publisher Capcom promise to revise character art for Ghostbusters Puzzle Fighter

Indie games might be hugely popular as digital products, but few of them make the transition to being physical packages. But in March of this year, Eurogamer parent company Gamer Network announced it would be producing direct-to-consumer physical versions of indie games with its Gamer’s Edition brand. The first games …

Intel Developer Blog: Exploring the tools behind Grid Autosport

Publisher Capcom and developer Beeline have said they will alter some of the imagery in their Ghostbusters Puzzle Fighter. Pocket Gamer reports that some were unhappy with the fact that all of the game’s female characters appeared to be highly sexualised, with tight fitting clothes and partially exposed breasts. We …