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New study will explore gender balance of games industry

Gaming is now a fashion in its own right. T-shirts, cufflinks, lamps and even toasters – the possibilities are endless for products branded with and inspired by titles. And the hunger for a wider range of spin-off merch only continues to grow. In the last five years the world of …

Sony are selling the super limited edition grey PS4 in the UK today… for just 19.94. 19.94… 1994… 20 years of PlayStation? Get it? Of course you do. But there are only 94 consoles available and some gamers were queuing up from last night to snap up the rare item, …

Garry’s Mod and Rust developer Facepunch Studios has revealed its next effort, Before – a survival game set in the stone age. The game hasn’t received a release date yet, but it’s in development for Windows, Mac and Linux. Going off the developer’s previous releases, it will almost assuredly launch …

DayZ creator Dean Hall has opened his own development house in Duedin, New Zealand – and the new studio is hiring. Hall announced back in February of this year that he intended to move on from Bohemia Interactive and DayZ’s development entirely. Hall’s stated mission at the time was to …

The recently announced update to classic adventure series King’s Quest will arrive on multiple platforms next year, publisher Sierra and developer The Odd Gentlemen announced during The Game Awards event last week. The title has been scheduled for a fall 2015 release on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and …

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The first paid expansion to Destiny has been released – and with it comes a punishment for non-DLC buying players. Destiny each week offers players the chance to take part in an Heroic Strike event that offers high-level gear rewards for top players. However, Polygon reports that this week’s offering …

A charity that helps the physically disabled play video games has received death threats after refusing a donation from a charity event associated with GamerGate. We received an email requesting permission for a charity event from an associate of Mercedes Carrera,” the organisation said. Our immediate response was ‘absolutely, we …

Why are so many consumers reacting badly to video game Facebook advertising? The social network’s global director of gaming sales, Rick Kelley, tells MCV why publishers ought to cover up their salacious stars… At London Games Conference, you described Facebook as being a personal newspaper. What did you mean? Your …