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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 …

There's nothing quite like the feather in your career cap that is speaking or performing at the Sydney Opera House... I imagine

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 …

Rise of the Tomb Raider will be published by Microsoft, presumably on both Xbox One and Xbox 360. That’s according to Xbox marketing boss Aaron Greenberg. Square Enix’s game rocked Gamescom in 2014 after it was unveiled as an Xbox exclusive. In the hours and days that followed non-Xbox owners …

Chilled Mouse will release its first game this month

Amazon has added a ‘Make An Offer’ option to some items that allows potential buyers to haggle with sellers. Reuters reports that the option is currently limited to 150,000 items in Amazon’s collectibles and fine art section on its US site. Users can submit an offers with sellers then able …

Over-the-top shooter franchise coming to both PC and mobile in the East