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The creator of Katamari Damacy took to the PlayStation Experience stage this weekend to unveil his new title – Wattam. Hi. I’m Japanese, I guess,” a nervous looking, plastic-fork fiddling Keita Takahashi said, before explaining that the idea for this game came from when I was playing with my two-year-old …

In advance of next week's Paris GDC, we were offered the chance to interview a number of the key speakers. But rather than trot out the usual dry 'so why are you attending the conference spiel', we thought it was time for something different.

Industry legend and pioneer created the first games console, the Magnavox Odyssey

Two of the highest profile videos to emerge from Sony’s PlayStation Experience event at the weekend show off a pair of the PS4’s big upcoming triple-As. A 15-minute gameplay demo of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End shows us the first look at the game in action. There’s a lot of …

Touch-based Halo spin-off title Spartan Strike has been delayed until early 2015. Developer 343 Industries said on Halo Waypoint that the game was pushed back so that it could focus on resolving the matchmaking issues facing Halo: The Master Chief Collection. 343 has released a plethora of updates for the …

EA’s hit football title FIFA 15 is back at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track Top 40 after a six-week break. That’s despite a drop in sales, although fortunately for EA’s game its dips were the smallest. Last week’s No.1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare slips one place to …

DriveClub’s long-touted dynamic weather system is set for addition to the troubled racing title later today, developer Evolution has announced. The system was one of DriveClub’s big selling points ahead of launch, but was always planned for release as a patch post-launch. The update adds various inclement conditions, such as …

God of War and Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe has developed a new arena based shooter with an unusual visual style. Entitled Drawn to Death, the game is the first from his new studio The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency. It was unveiled at the PlayStation Experience at the weekend …

Matt Shadows on why the band is diving into game development

The limited edition grey PlayStation 4 has sold out in the US. The console, released to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the PlayStation, was limited to a production run of just 12,300 units worldwide. But within minutes of going on sale in North America, the hardware sold out in that …