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Organisers gearing up for next year's 30th anniversary of leading conference

Gfinity’s 2015 Call of Duty Open announcement last Thursday was met with mixed reactions from fans and players alike, after it was revealed to be for over-18s only. The age restriction, a result of Gfinity’s policy to uphold the game’s PEGI rating, has caused some anger among younger members of …

And the chances are you’ve probably not even heard of it. Early Access title Unturned is described by some as a cross between Minecraft and DayZ that sees players working together to survive an ongoing blocky zombie apocalypse. An in-depth look at Steam user data by ArsTechnica has shown that …

Acclaimed developer Thatgamecompany could start to produce more than one game at a time following the team’s massive growth. When the studio’s last title Journey was completed, Thatgamecompany had a team of three people. Today, it has 15. During a roundtable discussion at GDC, studio manager Sunni Pavlovic said that …

A tournament that sees American and Canadian university students compete in Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm MOBA will be televised on ESPN in the region. Up for grabs in Heroes of the Dorm is over $450k in tuition fee contributions, with the winning team receiving contributions of up to $25k …

Microsoft has finally unveiled an official bundle for Halo: the Master Chief Collection. The game was released last November but while it was bundled with the console by many retailers it hasn’t until now been subject to the branded official bundle treatment. The 349.99 SKU includes a black console and …

The parent company of Eurogamer and EGX are offering indie devs the opportunity to turn their games into physical special edition sets. Gamer Network’s new project – entitled Gamer’s Edition – kicks off with special editions for Papers, Please and the Hotline Miami and Hotline Miami 2 Double Pack. The …

We speak to the London studio about its innovative educational game Dino Tales

Capcom has confirmed that a particularly explicit line of sexual dialogue from DmC: Devil May Cry has been removed from tomorrow’s Definitive Edition re-release. Eurogamer reports that a scene involving villain Mundus and mistress Lilith had originally seen the latter speak the words: "The world is at last your bitch, …

New character Zarya "a step in the right direction" as consumers call for more varied casts in video games