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Following a seemingly endless string of delays, Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune’s upcoming 3DS title Kaio: King of Pirates has been cancelled. Siliconera reports on publisher Marvelous’s press release, which states the company lost 461 million – or around $3.8m – on the project gone sour. Kaio was announced back …

After successful runs on PC and mobile platforms, Goat Simulator is being flung toward Xbox consoles next month. Game Informer reports the game is expected out in April – though no exact release date has been provided as of yet. Developer Coffee Stain Studios is having Double Eleven handle the …

Cities: Skylines has taken the top spot on Steam’s best sellers list for the past week, beating out Valve’s Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. The victory for Cities: Skylines doesn’t come as much of a surprise, given the game sold 250,000 copies over a 24-hour stretch last week. Curiously, the fourth and …

Publisher betting big on popular fantasy IP

New facility now hiring for consumer support and community managers

Newcastle is the host of a new Ubisoft office, which opens today. Called the Consumer Relationship Centre, the department currently houses 75 workers and will by the end of 2015 employ over 100. The plan is to expand that to 200 in the future. The office, which will integrate consumer …

Fewer games than you think offer free playable female characters by default A 12 year-old has discovered that it costs gamers more money to play as female characters than male characters in the most popular iPhone games. The Washington Post has run an article by 12 year-old Madeline Messer in …

The clampdown on cross-region gifting in Steam appear to have been tightened further. Late last year a number of restrictions were put in place to limit users in countries where games are cheaper – such as Russia – from selling keys to consumers in countries such as the UK, where …

Mortal Kombat X will not arrive on last-gen consoles until the summer. Videogamer reports that the PS4, Xbox One and PC versions remain on track to arrive on April 14th. While NetherRealm is handling the PS4 and Xbox One releases, High Voltage is taking care of the PS3 and 360 …

The British Academy Games Awards were held last night, with big wins for several UK studios including Ustwo Games, Creative Assembly and Roll7. Ustwo Games were the big winners of the night, picking up two awards for its seminal mobile puzzle game Monument Valley. The title received best British Game …