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Josh Hamrick joins the Skyrim and Fallout firm, although no word on which franchise he's working on

Three major Mortal Kombat X pro tournaments will take place starting next month with a combined prize pool of $100,000, Warner Bros has announced. The newly unveiled Mortal Kombat Worldwide Competitive Program will host a series of tournaments kicking off next month, allowing players from around the globe to compete …

US retailer Best Buy is currently throwing in a free PlayStation Camera with the purchase of The Last of Us PS4 bundle. Polygon reports on the deal, which automatically adds a PS Camera to a buyer’s cart at checkout if purchasing The Last of Us PS4 bundle. The report also …

Destiny and Halo: Reach senior gameplay designer Josh Hamrick has announced his departure from Bungie to join Bethesda in an unspecified role. Hamrick – who joined Bungie in 2009 – revealed the news in a series of posts on Twitter earlier today. "Next Friday, after nearly 6 amazing years and …

Tim Cook has criticised the introduction of legislation is some US states that allows people to discriminate based on their religious beliefs. A number of states, including Indiana and Arkansas, have passed laws allowing individuals to cite their religious conviction as justification for a number of behaviours, including the right …

The Resolution Games CEO on how Andy Warhol inspired him to conceive a place in the woods for rising dev stars

GitHub is one of several major firms that has been the victim of cyber attacks over the last few days. We are currently experience the largest DDoS [distributed denial of service] attack in GitHub’s history,” wrote the firm’s systems engineer Jesse Newland in anofficial blog post."Based on reports we’ve received, …

DDoS attack the largest in dev resource’s history

"I used to be thick skinned enough for the random personal attacks"

The European Commission has announced plans that, if passed, will turn the digital video games market on its head. Currently sellers such as Valve (Steam), Sony (PlayStation Network) and Microsoft (Xbox Live) funnel customers through regional portals according to their location. This is done partially for rights reasons but primarily …