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Monolith Software’s tactical RPG brand mash-up Project X Zone 2 will be released for the 3DS in the West, Bandai Namco has said. The game will be released both physically and digitally some time this autumn. Licenses to feature include Capcom’s Resident Evil, Devil May Cry and Megaman, Namco’s Tekken, …

Devs will be able to use popular game engine for titles on Nintendo’s latest handhelds

MCV takes a look at the best accessories heading to UK retail. This week, it’s a mouse and keyboard combo with Cougar’s 300M and Turtle Beach’s Impact 700 Cougar 300M Gaming Mouse PC peripherals specialist Cougar has bolstered its M series of gaming mice with a brand new product. The …

According to research outlet McCormick AMS, Irish gamers spent €206m (149.1m) on boxed video games in 2014. However, when compared to figures published by the firm for 2012, this represents a decline in games retail of around 17 per cent, with spending in 2012 totalling €248m (178.8m). Meanwhile, market tracker …

MMO publisher continues expansion into smart devices with investment in This Game Studio

YouTube kingpin PewDiePie is to star in his very own game. PewDiePie: Legend of the Brofist has been revealed by the man himself in the video below. It’s being developed by Outerminds and is apparently due out on iOS and Android this summer, Pocket Gamer reports. It appears to be …

Founder of Steam firm will be added to retro-styled dungeon crawler Crawl as a knife-wielding foe

Japanese publisher DeNA has laid of an unspecified but reportedly significant number of employees in the US. Most of the layoffs appear to be from its Vancouver development studio, according toVentureBeat. However, the site’s sources also suggest the firm has laid off dozens” from its San Francisco office as well. …

Influential dev to give keynote at Indie Dev Day this July

Unity plug-in released on Asset Store