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Bossa Studio’s surgical sim and YouTube darling Surgeon Simulator has sold more than 2m copies across all platforms. The game jam entry debuted commercially on PC, Mac and Linux in 2013, and has launched on iOS, Android and PS4 platforms over the last year or so as well. "Thanks to …

Gearbox’s next major Borderlands release will bypass PS3 and Xbox 360 platforms for their new-gen counterparts, according to publisher 2K. 2K president Karl Slatoff’s statement comes in the wake of yesterday’s Take-Two financial report: Looking further ahead, we have robust long-term pipeline of titles in development, including ground-breaking new intellectual …

Empathy in games, open world design and user interfaces amongst the hundreds of topics covered in San Francisco this March

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Mobile game Revolution 60 could be coming to Steam following an appearance on Steam Greenlight. The game is made by Brianna Wu who, alongside Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn, has been one of the highest profile victims of the Gamergate hate movement. At long last, my team is done with …

Hollie Bennett was still at university when she got involved with the community at gaming blog Destructoid. She was named EU Community Manager for the website, creating European-specific content. This hobby became a career in 2012 when she approached Bandai Namco about being involved in its business and by April …

Revenue at Disney Interactive fell five per cent year-on-year to $384m during Q1 2015, although income climbed 36 per cent to $75m. Unit sales of Disney Infinity catalogue titles and accessories were down, while production and marketing costs associated with the brand were both up. These numbers were partially offset …

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Disney has gone big on the charges for the in-app purchases in the smartphone spin-off game for Big Hero 6. Apps Playground reports that among the game’s IAPs is an eye-watering 49.99 purchase of the in-game Prism currency. iTunes shows that other denominations are available at 0.79, 2.99, 6.99, 12.99 …

Rise of the Tomb Raider will be developed by Netherlands-based Nixxes Software on Xbox 360. The Xbox One edition is, of course, currently in the works at Crystal Dynamics but the latest issue ofGame Informer– as spotted byGameSpot– says Nixxes is handling the last-gen version. In the Game Informer interview, …