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The creative minds behind Mortal Kombat are working on a new WWE title for smart devices. Named WWE Immortals, the game will be free-to-play and is currently being developed by NetherRealm Studios in association with Phosphor Game Studios, according toGameSpot. It will be released on iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and …

Green Man Gaming’s new publishing arm has named its first two development partners. Pocket Games and Burnt Fuse will release god game IdolHands and physics-based puzzle game Keebles respectively, with both due to arrive on the Green Man Loaded label in Q1 2015. Our first mission when we launched Green …

Jas Purewal ponders the latest games trademark controversy surrounding devs behind failed shooter Areal

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Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is the best selling game to date in the US, although analysts suggest that sales are down on predecessor Ghosts. The publisher says NPD data shows the latest COD is the best selling 2014 title on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360 and …

Company behind controversial Areal Kickstarter trademarks 'STALKER Apocalypse'

It’s Christmas, and there are always two games that dominate this time of year. FIFA and Call of Duty. And that’s exactly how this year is turning out as well. FIFA 15 is No.1 again and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare is No.2. Again. Both titles suffered minor declines in …

Blazing Griffin purchases rights to The Nightmare Cooperative and Gentlemen!

It appears that Microsoft is once again going to try and get PC gaming right. Xbox boss Phil Spencer has said on Twitter that: I’ll be focusing more on what we are doing on Win10 in January, it’s time for us to talk about gaming on Windows.” The Verge reports …

The second and final instalment in Razer’s three-part eSports documentary has hit the web. This episode focuses on one of the biggest games in the world – League of Legends. When we say eSports is in Razer’s DNA, we really mean it,” Razer co-founder and CEO Min-Liang Tan said. We …