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The Boy Who Lived could have been exclusive to Nintendo

Jonathan Blow is ploughing all the money he made from time-bending platformer Braid into upcoming puzzler The Witness. Speaking toEngadget, Blow said though Braid still sells well on certain platforms, the income was not nearly enough” to continue funding his current project. As a result of the lack of his …

Epic Mickey designer reunites with Looking Glass co-founder Paul Neurath on Kickstarter project

EA Montreal has been hit by a round of layoffs, the publisher has confirmed. In a statement toGamasutra, a spokesperson said a small number” of staff had been let go at the mobile developer. It added these would not impact our current development plans”. "We made a staffing change in …

'20 years from now, I am not going to care about whether we took an extra six months or a year in development; I am going to care about the quality'

Gamers got the chance to try EA’s next Battlefield game this weekend, and the numbers suggest significant interest in the multiplayer FPS. Developer Visceral Games said that over 6m players tried the open beta that kicked off last week on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, and concludes …

Alex ‘Xpecial’ Chu is a member of professional gaming side Team Liquid – and, as such, is one of the best League of Legends players in the world. MCV talks to him about his career playing games competitively ”Anything that I put my effort into, I want to be one …

Ubisoft has once again placed three titles in the UK retail Top Ten, as an Assassin’s Creed Unity promotion saw the game rise four spaces. The Top Three games in the UK remained unchanged last week, with Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare once again taking the number one position, according …

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Show described as 'Game of Thrones for a family audience'