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Online video game portal and software company Curse has announced Curse Voice – an alternative VoIP option claiming to offer protection from online gaming risks” such as DDOS attacks and swattings. Speaking with Polygon, Curse CTO Michael Comperda explained how a solution like Curse Voice has become a necessity for …

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power will arrive later today on Steam Early Access for Windows PC, developer Frozenbyte has announced. The studio’s first move towards 3D-gameplay in the Trine series” will cost $19.99/€19.99/14.99 during the Early Access period. The pre-release version will include a pair of maps, with Frozenbyte …

Grand Theft Auto V continues its dominance of Steam’s top ten sellers chart, though Valve’s rankings system appears to be acting up again. The game finished first and second, which doesn’t make any sense given both positions are filled by the exact product name Grand Theft Auto V.” Sure, games …

Sony could be on the cusp of announcing a third iteration of its Vita handheld. As spotted by NeoGaf, a trademark apparently filed by Sony Computer Entertainment on April 1st (yes, we know) for a controller for portable LCD screen game machine” shows what very much appears to be a …

Devs can now co-install Community edition alongside popular game engines

New award celebrates best talent in content contribution and work-for-hire

Blizzard has finally announced a release date for MOBA title Heroes of the Storm. The free-to-play game will receive a full release on June 2nd. It has been in closed beta for some time, and will make the jump to open beta on May 20th. It will launch with over …

Developer From Software has finally decided to address a bug that has affected players of Dark Souls 2 on PC since release. The game across all formats features a weapons degradation system that sees the durability of an equipped weapon decrease every time it stikes. How quickly it decreases depends …

Some of the Disney IP in line for an appearance in the still unannounced Disney Infinity 3.0 have seemingly been revealed online. Videogamer reports that the rumours stem from Chinese retailer Taobao. 11 characters are named in total including Olaf (Frozen), Sam Flynn and Quorra (Tron Legacy) as well as …

The Games 5s five-a-side tournament is back on May 21st after its successful revival last year. The contest will pitch teams from publishers, developers, retailers, media and elsewhere in the games business against each other. Last year, Testology walked home with the winner’s cup–have you got what it takes to …