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Distance learning provider challenges trade body’s version of events

FACEIT, the competitive platform that gives players a chance to earn points and prizes, is adapting their league to suit pro Dota players needs, too. The league format, which organises matches for players of similar skill in order for them to earn FACEIT points, has been used with the help …

Guitar Hero is coming back this year, Activision has confirmed. The publisher has officially announced the long-rumoured return for the rock series for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360 and Wii U this autumn. Under the name Guitar Hero Live, the title is being created by Freestyle Games, the same studio …

One of this year’s breakout PC hits has passed a big sales milestone. Cities: Skylines, which was released on Steam last month, has now sold over 1m copies across PC, Mac and Linux in a little over a month. Paradox has also announced that users have created 33,000 mods for …

Develop asks why the extra work can be worth the effort

People caught sending abusive messages across the internet and social networks now face up to two years imprisonment under new laws. As reported byThe Telegraph, the measures introduced to the Criminal Justice and Court Act came into effect yesterday, raising the maximum penalty from six months to 24. The Government …

French tools firm brings “believable skin” to engine’s Asset Store

It has emerged that some sexually suggestive content has been cut from the Japanese version of PS4 title The Order: 1886. Kotaku reports that a scene – which takes place in a brothel, incidentally – that in the standard release featured both an exposed breast and a penis has been …

From Software and Sony’s PS4 exclusive action RPG Bloodborne was the best-selling PS4 game on PSN in March. That was the case is both Europe and the US. Miyazaki’s game achieved the crown despite only being available for eight days of the month in the US, seven days in Europe …

New legislation takes tougher stance in abuse