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Free-to-play PS4 RPG Deep Down IS still in development, but has undergone some big changes since it was first unveiled. It looks like Deep Down will take just a little longer,” Capcom’s consumer games development boss Yoshinori Ono told 4Gamer, as reported by Siliconera. It also looks like some people …

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Ubisoft’s experimental PC Grow Home could yet brand out onto other platforms. Want to see Grow Home on consoles?” game artist at Ubisoft Reflections Jack Couvela said. We have to prove ourselves on PC first, so tell every PC gamer you know they have to buy it!” He also said …

Consumers can get a 50 per cent discount on new PS4 title The Order: 1886 by trading in a select title at GAME. The retailer will sell the regular edition of the game at half price to anyone who trades in a copy of either Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, …

Supermassive takes second spot as Epic claims third

Marvel Puzzle Quest developer Demiurge Studios has been acquired by Sega. The Sonic the Hedgehog creator has also invested in UK studio Space Ape and established a majority stake in US studio startup Ignited Artists. The moves come after Sega last month announced the cutting of 300 jobs and a …

UK developer decries reviews portal as an indicator of success

Chinese firm expands foothold in Europe

Publisher also invests in Space Ape Games and Ignited Artists

The latest update to Assassin’s Creed: Unity has removed the requirement to play the game’s smartphone companion app to access all of its content. A number of blue and gold treasure cheats in the console and PC game could until now only be accessed once a player had met certain …