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Just a day after being yanked from the service, Hatred is back on Steam Greenlight. Perhaps more surprising however is that the developer of the controversial shooter says that it was Valve boss Gabe Newell himself who sought to overturn its removal. Yesterday I heard that we were taking Hatred …

CI Games has announced its hard at work developing Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 for Windows PC and new generation consoles. Don’t expect to see it anytime soon however, as the game currently carries a release window of 2016. "The Sniper: Ghost Warrior franchise is one of the most popular in …

Humble Bundle has announced that its digital distribution platform has raised more than $50m for charities, while participating developers have grossed more than $100m between Humble’s bundle and storefront promos. In an interview with Joystiq, Humble co-founder John Graham explained how the focus on charity has been infused in the …

The visually-enchanced Enchanted Edition of indie puzzle platformer hit Trine will land on PlayStation 4 this month, developer Frozenbyte has announced. According to a post by Frozenbyte’s Kai Tuovinen on the PlayStation Blog, the PS4 version launches tomorrow (December 17th) in Europe, and December 23rd in North America. The game’s …

Transformers Universe will be closed early next year, having never been properly released. The decision was made by both developer Jagex and Transformers owner Hasbro, who worked together on the troubled online game. The game was still in live beta, having been made available in July. It will enter a …

Game now in maintenance period before January 31st shutdown

It’s looking as if BT has beaten 3 in the race to acquire a mobile network – and EE has emerged as the target. The Register reports that, following news that the pair were in talks last month, a 12.5bn deal is now on the table. There is understandably lots …

19 years on from the release of the last game in the series, Elite: Dangerous has been officially released. Talk of a fourth entry in the much cherished series, which dates all the way back to 1984, began in 2011 with a Kickstarter drive to back the game concluding in …

Much has been written about the success of Disney’s multi-award winning blockbuster Frozen. The runaway popularity of the movie saw it remain in cinemas long after it was meant to be out on DVD. It is the highest-grossing animated film of all time. Its stellar soundtrack, including smash hit Let …

Shahid Ahmad, senior business development manager at Sony Europe, has been one of the driving forces behind PlayStation’s thriving indie movement for the last two and a half years, having signed recent and upcoming hits including Thomas Was Alone, OlliOlli, Fez, Hotline Miami and No Man’s Sky. Matthew Jarvis sees …