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Lucas Pope’s highly acclaimed indie hit Papers, Please is set to arrive on iPad later this week. The game puts players in the shoes of an immigration officer at the border checkpoint for the fictional dystopian nation Arstotzka. As the days drag by, players must balance the need to keep …

Halo: The Master Chief Collection and The Crew are among the games those buying an Xbox One bundle can now get for free. As part of its ’12 Days of Deals’ promotions, US consumers buying one of three Xbox One bundles through Microsoft’s online store will be given the choice …

Users have free reign to send the most hateful messages imaginable to whomever they want – that appears to be the message from Twitter. EA COO and long-term industry veteran Peter Moore has revealed that the social media company said a user that told him he hopes his children die …

Nintendo has revealed some new additions to its upcoming Wii U game Mario Maker, including Super Mario Bros 3 and Super Mario World themes. The sets join the level-creating title’s previously announced New Super Mario Bros U and classic Super Mario Bros themes, with new footage of the game showing …

Sony Online Entertainment’s upcoming free-to-play zombie survival game H1Z1 will launch as a Steam Early Access title next month. In a post on Reddit, SOE president John Smedley confirmed the game’s public pre-release will arrive January 15th for Windows. He also touched on expectations for the Early Access edition. "What …

A sequel to Stoic Studio’s hit strategy game The Banner Saga is heading to PC and new-gen consoles, publisher Versus Evil has confirmed. The Banner Saga 2 has been given a 2015 release window and is in development for Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The original Banner Saga is …

Sony opened a shop today to celebrate 20 years since the launch of the first PlayStation. Opened on Bethnal Green Road, the store was offering the first 94 in the queue a special PS4 Limited Edition Grey console for just 19.94. And the queue was massive, with chat show host …

EA developer consolidating all operations into new building in city's Sodermalm district

The creators of The Witcher 3 says the firm had to delay the game to remove ‘small errors’ that the market is afraid of. The firm stated that the delay was made so that ‘details could be corrected’ and admitted that it had ‘set the release date too hastily’, and …

We speak to Ella Romanos about the new study into women working in the games industry