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Match-three game garners seven million downloads to date

Nintendo has unleashed a live-action TV ready to maximise the nostalgia surrounding the upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D. The 30-second short is small on detail, but gives a basic outline of the game’s plot and draws successfully on a number of iconic images and sounds …

Aardvark Swift celebrates higher uptake for its student initiative as round one of the competition begins

From Software’s Bloodborne will be getting the PS4 console bundle treatment in Europe. A hardware SKU containing a black console, black controller and the game will arrive on March 27th alongside the release of the title itself. Pre-orders don’t appear to be up anywhere as of yet, although a listing …

New Year New Job 2015: Zerolight's Erin Turnbull discusses what skills devs can bring to other industries, and why those sectors might appeal to game makers looking for something new

Nintendo’s latest attempt to reach out to YouTubers has been ill received. Fuck you Nintendo,” PewDiePie said of the latest proposal, in which Nintendo would offer video creators between 60-70 per cent of their ad revenues in return for permission to create videos featuring its products. What they are missing …

Blizzard will release the next expansion for Hearthstone in April, according to a new report. Yahoo Finance editor Tae Kim claims to have word from an Activision Blizzard employee that the card game has now passed 75m players worldwide and that its numbers “are off the charts”. As recently as …

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Negotiations take place to bring library of over 1,000 games to set-top boxes

GAME has confirmed the departure of its digital boss Ian Chambers. Chambers joined the retailer from IGN in July 2013. GAME’s release says that Chambers is departing to pursue other opportunities, with Chambers himself adding: "I’ve very much enjoyed working at GAME throughout this period of growth, but now is …