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Tony Bourne, a long-term member of the UK games industry, has passed away. Bourne is best known for founding the SCEE’s QA department in Liverpool back in 1995 and also spent time working at US Gold, Eidos, Wise Monkey and Film Finances. His funeral will be held on Wednesday December …

Leading UK retailer GAME is taking the unusual step of opening over 300 of its stores at midnight on the night of Thursday November 27th for Black Friday. All stores will be opening early on the day itself, as well, with some even opening their doors as early as 5:00am. …

Mobile publisher believes studio could become "RPG-specific developer"

Founder of PlayStation Europe's QA department honoured

BFI reveals initial wave of successful certifications from over 30 applications

The BFI has said that 14 games have started down the road toward UK tax relief. An agreement on tax relief plans was confirmed last year and since August 13 titles have received interim certification and one has received final certification from the BFI Certification Unit. These include: Beyond Flesh …

Platform holder hopes gaming business will reverse declines in tech division

The Advertising Standards Authority has warned YouTubers that they need to make it clear when they are paid to promote products. A BBC report found that many of what it described as videos by some of UK’s best-known vloggers” broke the existing rules which require that viewers are explicitly made …

Microsoft has announced the release of the Star Wars Classic Skin Pack for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One editions of Minecraft. The add-on is available now for $2.99, and includes a laundry list of playable skins for characters involved in the original Star Wars trilogy. Multiple variations of Luke, …

Evolve will offer all of its DLC maps for free and its premium DLC won’t directly exclude players who have only purchased the base game, developer Turtle Rock Studios has revealed. In an interview with IGN, creative director Phil Robb revealed all maps released for the game post-launch will be …