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FIFA 15 is the overwhelming favourite to be this Christmas’ No.1 video game. That’s according to bookies Paddy Power, Ladbrokes and William Hill… and to be honest we’d be lying if we didn’t agree with them. FIFA 15 is this week’s No.1, ahead of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, which …

Microsoft has cut the price of Xbox One in China. The move comes shortly after Sony’s recent confirmation that both PS4 and Vita will be launched in the territory on January 11th. Xbox One had previously cost CY 3,699 (381) with the Kinect version costing CY 4,299 (443) but Kotaku …

Telltale’s Game of Thrones title has shot straight to the top of the Xbox Live Arcade charts in the UK. It’s one of two Telltale properties in the Top Ten, with its Tales from the Borderlands game reaching No.3. It means that Minecraft has to cope with an unusually low …

Fashion label Björn Borg creating First Person Lover, due for release in January

The group behind failed STALKER successor Areal has launched a crowdfunding campaign for a very similar looking game entitled STALKER Apocalypse. West Games is this time using a funding platform called World Wide Funder, which was only recently established. It also allows developers to keep whatever cash has been pledged …

November’s barnstorming Black Friday week was one of the busiest seven days of sales in UK games industry history. Almost 2m games were sold that generated around 62m in revenue. It was a huge week, with 240,000 Xbox Ones and PS4s shifted through stores. Yet amongst the commercial success, there …

There’s only one statistic that you need to know about the scale and popularity of Minecraft – Microsoft spent $2.5bn buying it. Since its full lauch on PC in 2011, the game has been sold to 54m gamers globally, making the construction title the biggest video game of all time. …

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Media Molecule backs trade body in call for games to be classified alongside film and TV

The creative minds behind Mortal Kombat are working on a new WWE title for smart devices. Named WWE Immortals, the game will be free-to-play and is currently being developed by NetherRealm Studios in association with Phosphor Game Studios, according toGameSpot. It will be released on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and …