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Nintendo is in the early stages of making a live-action The Legend of Zelda series that will be shown on Netflix, it has been claimed. The Wall Street Journal reports that Netflix is already in the early production stages with the show being described internally as Game of Thrones for …

1984 Sinclair Spectrum release Deus Ex Machina has been re-released for mobile, and is available now on iOS and Android. Polygon points to the iOS listing of Deus Ex Machina 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition, which packs both original and updated graphics of Mel Croucher’s cult classic as well as a …

Sega Europe has made its second major hire this week, appointing Jason Rice as the company’s new Director of Brand Licensing. Rice boasts 18 years of experience in commercial branding, having most recently served as an executive with Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network. Prior to that, Rice served as head of …

Call of Duty’s 2015 entry will be developed by Treyarch, franchise publisher Activison has confirmed. The company confirmed the studio’s involvement as part of yesterday’s Q4 financial briefing. Treyarch is part of a three developer carousal for the series, alongside Call of Duty: Ghost’s Infinity Ward and Advanced Warfare’s Sledgehammer …

Like many of those who grew up during the 1980s and went onto begin a life working in games, Krzywinska’s interest in games was catalysed by playing text-based games. When she started to realise the potential of the medium, she became an advocate for the academic study of video games, …

Indie hit Sunless Sea will today graduate from Steam Early Access to become a full release. The game, from Fallen London developer Failbetter Games, has already amassed a cult following and was even awarded a 10/10 review score on Eurogamer earlier today. Picking it up for 14.99 before it exists …

Hurley joined the games industry in November of 1986 as the telesales manager for distributor Centresoft. She worked within the Centregold group – including ISM and USGold – for several years before moving north to join Ocean Software as sales director. Having worked in distribution, publishing (at Gremlin and Infogrammes) …

Japanese publisher Konami has reported flat revenues of 155,899m for the nine months ending December 31st, with operating income climbing from 7,388m to 9,734m. Net revenue in its digital entertainment business, however, fell over five per cent year-on-year to 67,943m, although the segment’s income shot up over 40 per cent …

Developer to share some of the tech behind its latest zombie smash