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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 …

The option for nudity in indie hit Papers Please has been restored after what Apple described as a misunderstanding”. Just talked to Apple,” developer Lucas Pope said on Twitter. The initial rejection for porn was a misunderstanding on their part. They suggested I resubmit with the nudity option.” He later …

PC owners who own Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition are now able to remove its Games for Windows Live integration. The move to Steamworks, which has been in the works for some time, was originally scheduled for last month before being slightly delayed. The migration is optional, should you …