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Jas Purewal ponders the latest games trademark controversy surrounding devs behind failed shooter Areal

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Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the best selling game to date in the US, although analysts suggest that sales are down on predecessor Ghosts. The publisher says NPD data shows the latest COD is the best selling 2014 title on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360 and …

Company behind controversial Areal Kickstarter trademarks 'STALKER Apocalypse'

It’s Christmas, and there are always two games that dominate this time of year. FIFA and Call of Duty. And that’s exactly how this year is turning out as well. FIFA 15 is No.1 again and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is No.2. Again. Both titles suffered minor declines in …

Blazing Griffin purchases rights to The Nightmare Cooperative and Gentlemen!

It appears that Microsoft is once again going to try and get PC gaming right. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said on Twitter that: I’ll be focusing more on what we are doing on Win10 in January, it’s time for us to talk about gaming on Windows.” The Verge reports …

The second and final instalment in Razer’s three-part eSports documentary has hit the web. This episode focuses on one of the biggest games in the world – League of Legends. When we say eSports is in Razer’s DNA, we really mean it,” Razer co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan said. We …

November digital games sales surpassed $1bn in November, according to new research from Superdata. Games Industry reports the total for the period is a year-on-year increase of 23 per cent, and Superdata points to a spike in digital deals during Black Monday and Cyber Monday as a major driving force. …

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is back on top of Steam’s weekly top ten sellers list, beating out Valve’s own Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for first on the chart. Dungeon Defenders II, Far Cry 4 and Metro Redux round out the top five, while chart regular DayZ finished right behind in …