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Indie hit Papers Please is now available on iPad, but creator Lucas Pope has revealed that Apple forced him to remove the game’s nudity. The original version saw players, who assume the role of a immigration officer in a totalitarian state, occasionally forcing visitors to endure a body scan, revealing …

Warning! Developers' response to criticism over new IP is, er, not very polite

Creative director of Formula One games takes up same role as simulation specialist

Minecraft has landed on yet another platform this week, as the Microsoft-owned property is now available for Windows Phone devices. The Pocket Edition of the game – out already on the Apple App and Google Play stores – can be purchased on the Windows Phone store for $7. Though it …

Valve has detailed the Steam Holiday Auction, a limited time event allowing users to trade community items like Trading Cards for full games including Civilization: Beyond Earth, This War of Mine and more. Starting this coming Monday, Steam account holders can trade in unused items for Steam Gems that can …

Xbox One has outsold PlayStation 4 for the first time in the US, according to NPD’s latest monthly report. Microsoft’s console navigated took the top spot in November’s hardware category, thanks in no small part to strong Black Friday sales. "November set a new record for sales of Xbox One, …

It’s probably fair to say that the response to PS4 Drawn to Death has been mixed. At best. The game was revealed at Sony’s PlayStation Experience event earlier this week and was quickly leapt upon by assorted internet commenters. Now in a video posted on David Jaffe’s personal YouTube channel, …

Having revealed title just earlier this year, Paradox has scrapped PC and console RPG Runemaster. After much internal debate we have made the decision to freeze development of the project until further notice and move the development team working on it to other projects within Paradox Development Studio,” COO Susana …

Studios will do battle in Surrey's county town on Wednesday, February 18th

Mirror’s Edge studio EA DICE is relocating, and in doing so leaving the Stockholm building that has been the team’s home for close to ten years. The move was revealed byGamesIndustry, which reports that DICE will transfer both its games development and Frostbite engine divisions to a new base in …