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Former Midnight City vice president Casey Lynch has announced his appointment at Square Enix as editorial director. Lynch revealed his new job in a post on Twitter, which includes an image of the new hire in front of the logo of Square Enix studio and Rise of the Tomb Raider …

A new ClayFighter game is in development for Windows PC, Interplay has revealed. The publisher and developer Drip Drop Games made the announcement earlier this week, stating that Clayfighter Remastered is scheduled to launch in 2016. The game will include remastered audio and high-resolution visuals, as well as introduce double …

Epic Games has made Unreal Engine 4 free for anyone to download and use. Epic announced the news earlier this week in a post on the official Unreal Engine blog. The $19/month subscription service the company debuted last year is no more, and former subscribers will receive a $30 credit …

Mobile game network’s library has hosted 76bn game sessions

Avalanche’s take on the Mad Max series has been dated for this September. The PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC and SteamOS versions of the game will be hitting stores on September 4th. And according to Game Informer, the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 editions have been cancelled, a move that …

New dynamic lighting tech comes with editor that allows artists to preview Enlighten’s effects on their creations

The latest outing for Hideo Kojima’s stealth-action Metal Gear Solid franchise is set for the beginning of September. That’s according to a video leaked ahead of time from IGN, which had been originally been set for an exclusive reveal at 2pm tomorrow, March 4th. In the video[UPDATE: The file now …

Six courses available online until March 8th

Latest version of royalty-free game engine deploys to 21 platforms, introduces improved graphics and editor

Smartphone game maker Wooga has reached new heights with its most recent release Agent Alice. Games Industry reports that the hidden object title has been downloaded 3m times in just four days and is currently tracking at 800k sales per day. That beats the numbers of its previous best performer, …