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Players of Mortal Kombat are able to buy simplified versions of the game’s iconic fatalities via the title’s in-game store. IGN reports that the game arrived yesterday with a number of optional purchases including the $29.99 Kombat Pack, which unlocks four additional characters including The Predator and Friday the 13th’s …

CEO Khaled Helioui discusses why spending time to designing your game for the Chinese market may be worthwhile

There’s still time to register to for the London leg of the Gamescom tour, which showcases plans for the 2015 event. Organisers of the big summer trade and consumer games show Gamescom are once again outlining plans for the trade and consumer event on a world tour over the next …

Digital shopping research firm Slice Intelligence estimates the Apple Watch moved 957,000 pre-orders on its first day offered in the US. Games Industry reports on Slice’s results, which are based on the company’s panel of more than 2m online shoppers who anonymously provide e-receiptsof digital purchases on a daily basis. …

Destiny’s House of Wolves expansion will arrive next month, Activision has announced. The game’s second expansion will release May 19th for $20, or alternatively is included in the Destiny Expansion Pass. House of Wolves is said to carry an exclusive Raid, a new Awoken storyline, a new Fallen Strike, new …

Unity has rolled out support for Nintendo 3DS XL and New Nintendo 3DS. Unity confirmed the news in a blog post, which states the announcement was made during the keynote speech at Unity’s Unite 2015 Tokyo event. Unity announced engine support for Nintendo’s Wii U console back in 2012, but …

Too expensive, lacks a killer app, rubbish battery – it seems the criticisms of the Apple Watch have done little to deter tech shoppers. UK buyers are now able to buy the many versions of the Apple Watch from the company’s website. The bad news, however, is that orders placed …

Media giant IGN is the latest firm to partner with the 2015 MCV Awards. "The MCV Awards highlight the best of the games industry and IGN is delighted to be a part of that celebration," said Dan Kilby, commercial projects and marketing manager at IGN parent firm Ziff Davis International. …

SCE's PlayStation First initiative is seeing raising talent join established indies, and it appears everyone involved is set to gain