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The new game from Shadowrun: Returns developer Hairbrained Schemes has smashed its crowdfunding goal within hours of going live. The studio was asking for $100k to make Shadowrun: Hong Kong. It hit that goal in just two hours and received backing of over $250k within the first 24 hours. The …

Kabam has strengthened its US presence with the purchase of two development studios in Los Angeles. The free-to-play firm has acquired Tapzen and Magic Pixel Games, and plans to combine the two to form a new Kabam office in the Culver City area, according toGamasutra. The new branch is expected …

Sony has cut the price of DriveClub’s PlayStation Plus Edition Full Game Upgrade to 19.99 on PSN. The game had until now been available for 34.99 to PS+ members, which is now the price of the full game to non PS+ members. The Full Game Upgrade was initially designed to …

The rumours about New 3DS were correct – the machine will launch in the US and UK on February 13th. The console will arrive in both New 3DS and New 3DS XL flavours, and in two colours – red and black. Also arriving on the same day are The Legend …

A Total War game set in the Warhammer universe is apparently in production at Creative Assembly. An art book due to ship to customers at the end of the month has already been sent out to a lucky few. One owner noticed the following passage contained within written by creative …

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The American Federation of Musicians could expel Austin Wintory after he composed a video game score that was not part of his union work. The award-winning composer, best known for the soundtrack behind Thatgamecompany’s Journey, is facing a $2,500 fine for producing the music of acclaimed strategy game The Banner …

Official PlayStation Magazine’s editor Matthew Pellett shares what he looks for in candidates applying to the publication, and offers his top tips for landing a job in the games media. What skills do you look for in job hunters applying to Official PlayStation Magazine? Two things from a writing perspective …

2012 3DS release Animal Crossing: New Leaf broke back into the Japanese Top Ten last week, according to the latest data from Famitsu. The zoological life-simulation title, which came out in Japan on November 8th 2012, made the number 10 spot in the software chart, with sales likely boosted by …

The PS4’s ability to play games from any region could be the cause of its sudden delay in China, reports have suggested. Kotaku says that Chinese reports suggest that the delay, announced just days before its proposed Chinese launch on January 11th, is due to complaints that the console’s ability …