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The creative director of iOS hit 80 Days has lashed out at the typical depiction of female characters in most modern games. Telling Develop that the situation was a disaster” Jon Ingold blamed what he described as the circular logic” of execs using sales data as evidence that male-led titles …

A glitch on Friday saw a number of items being sold by Amazon sellers sold to customers for just 1p. The Guardian reports that the third party RepricerExpress software used by private sellers to list items on the site went haywire” and reduced prices on a huge range of items. …

Writers discuss the portrayal of male and female characters in gaming, and how things should change

The fashion label owned by a Swedish tennis legend that specialises in underwear is making a video game that spoofs the recently announced controversial title, Hatred. Digested all that? Good. Bjrn Borg, the Swedish fashion firm owned by the tennis player of the same name, has announced it is making …

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 …