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A one-month subscription to Sony’s PS3 game streaming service will cost PS4 owners $19.99, it has been revealed. The US PlayStation Blog has said that access to the service will cost either $19.99 a month or $44.99 for three months (averaging out at around $15 per month). For the money …

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Two of the more recent Alien games to be released on PC have been delisted from Valve’s Steam service. Eurogamer reports that both Rebellion’s 2010 shooter Aliens vs Predator and Gearbox’s lamented 2013 outing Aliens: Colonial Marines are no longer available to download. Lapsed licenses are unlikely to blame, particularly …

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Sega curio Seaman could be in line for a resurrection from indie publisher Devolver Digital. Devolver CEO Fork Parker took to Twitter to tell Sega that it wanted to make a new game in the series before directly approaching its creator Yoot Saito. Saito replied to ask about formats, suggesting …

Ubisoft Montreal details how markerless mocap helped them quickly pre-visualise cinematics in best-selling shooter

No, not the Xbox, the Obox. Chinese games publisher Snail Games has taken to CES to announce a Western release for its Android console the Obox. As far as Android consoles go, the specs are pretty beefy. The unit offers a Tegra K1 processor, 4GB of RAM and an optional …

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