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Creative Assembly and Sega’s sci-fi survival horror title Alien: Isolation has now sold over 1m copies. The game was released in October last year to much critical acclaim. It should be noted, however, that Sega’s Aliens: Colonial Marines – which was critically panned – sold 1.31m units in just under …

But game won't be going free-to-play

Financial pressures lead to team disbanding

There will not be a monthly subscription fee to play The Elder Scrolls Online on PS4 and Xbox One. Furthermore, the next-gen edition, named The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, will be released worldwide on both console on June 9th. It’s not free-to-play, however, as gamers will still need to …

Pablo Paniagua joins social games firm as head of product

US publisher DMi Inc picks up franchise

1,800 Minecraft accounts have been compromised by hackers, with players’ emails and passwords leaked online. According to a report in German publicationHeise, as translated byThe Guardian, the private details of each user has been published online in plain-text format. This means that, potentially, others can now long into a player’s …

Graphics specialist Allegorithmic has published a free guide to this increasingly popular rendering technique. Check out the extract below

The biggest fighting game tournament in the world has outlined the titles that will feature in this year’s competition. Evo 2015 will kick off on July 17th in Las Vegas and will feature two as-of-yet unreleased titles – Mortal Kombat X and Tekken 7. Polygon reports that organiser Joey Cuellar …

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