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Ubisoft says it deactivated PC games this weekend that were ‘fraudulently obtained’. Over the weekend, uPlay users complained to Ubisoft due to the removal of games such as Far Cry 4 from their game libraries. Based on those that complained, the games that were removed appeared to have been supplied …

Quantic Dream’s 2005 title Fahrenheit appears to be in line for a re-release. As spotted by NeoGaf, Amazon.com has a listing for the game on PC going by the name Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy Remastered (the original went by the name Indigo Prophecy in the US). The listing is only for …

Event honouring our Top 100 Women in Games will also name three outstanding leaders – tickets just £65 each

Consumers can now get a refund on any digital purchase made from Apple, no questions asked. Apple last month quietly altered its European iTunes terms and conditions to allow for the return of any digital purchase from iTunes or the App Store within 14 days of purchase. Until now all …

Oscar Clark reflects on the decisions that need to be made when embarking upon a new project – primarily, the central game mechanic

Yanis Varoufakis used to track the sales of Valve’s in-game microtransactions. Now he might be heading to the Greek parliament. PCGamesN reports that Varoufakis, who used to be Valve’s in-house economist, is being tipped for the role of finance minister in the new Greek parliament. Greece last night elected the …

IBM-owned Softlayer ponders the problems that face cloud gaming and the developers that use it

Smartphone manufacturer HTC has made a big move into the eSports sector by sponsorting no less than three professional teams. The Verge reports that the Chinese company has sealed sponsorship deals with Team Liquid, Cloud9 and Team SoloMid. Walter Wang and Thomas Chen have also been named as HTC’s new …

There are still tickets left to our Women of the Year awards, which take place on the afternoon of February 19th. Just over a week ago we revealed our Top 100 Women in Games– and has proven to be one of the most popular features we’ve published. Later next month, …

Over two years on from its release, MMO Guild Wars 2 is to receive its first expansion. Heart of Thorns will, according to ArenaNet, represent a re-envisioning of progression in an MMO” that offers a new Mastery system that offers new abilities for high level players, rather than simply upping …