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Japanese smartphone developer bringing Lumies to mobile

2014 was the first full year for the New Generation, and you could tell. PS4 and Xbox One caused a massive spike in hardware sales, while accessories for both consoles dominated the peripherals charts. Yet it wasn’t just about those two consoles. In fact, more games were sold on Xbox …

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Microsoft says it shifted 6.6m Xbox consoles during the last quarter of 2014. The platform holder did not say how many of these were Xbox Ones or Xbox 360s, however. In the UK, Xbox One topped the console rankings in November. But didn’t in October or December – those months …

Frontier Developments – the team behind Elite: Dangerous – has announced a round of redundancies at the developer. The firm says it is working on two main projects: Elite: Dangerous and a new PC game called Coaster Park Tycoon, which will launch in 2016. As a result, 15 ‘content creation’ …

Yet another major games website is reportedly under threat of closure, according to multiple online reports. AOL is set to restructure its media business and its sales team, which could lead to the closure of multiple ‘underperforming websites’ including Joystiq. TechCrunch, which is owned by AOL reports that the firm …

InXile Entertainment’s Brian Fargo has confirmed The Bard’s Tale IV will launch this year. "It’s official.. And I’m very personally excited to be working on this. More details to follow," Fargo posted on Twitter alongside a logo of the upcoming title. Fargo wouldn’t get more specific than the 2015 release …

Television program Mythbusters will take a look at the Doom franchise this weekend, to see if it’s actually possible to carry all the in-game items available to the player. The video posted by Bethesda earlier this week reveals the upcoming collaboration between Discovery’s show and id Software’s FPS series. id’s …

Grand Theft Auto V has taken the top spot on the latest Steam weekly top sellers chart, following the game’s first full week of pre-order availability. Rockstar’s upcoming PC release edged out last week’s winner H1Z1, which still finished in the respectable position of runner-up. A fairly diverse mix line …