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Merchandise firm Numskull is bringing a touch of retro to this year’s festive season, with a new range of gaming-themed jumpers. The jumpers span a variety of older titles, with pixels transformed into yuletide weave. The Street Fighter jumper sees series staples Ryu and Ken pulling the hadouken fighting move …

With its PS4 and Xbox One release now less than two weeks away, Rockstar has released another Grand Theft Auto V comparison video. As we now know, the game improves upon its original release not only in its implementation of an optional first person perspective and added graphical fidelity but …

After what feels like years of rumours, Nintendo has at last confirmed that N64 cult classic The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask is being ported to 3DS. The game was originally released on N64 back in 2000 and still stands as one of the more unique entries in the Zelda …

A new trademark application filed by Bethesda for Fallout: Shadow of Boston” has surfaced, which many are now convinced is the name for the next title in the popular post-apocalyptic RPG series. The submission – spotted by a user on games discussion board NeoGAF – was registered by Bethesda Softworks …

Linden Lab has sold off computer games storefront Desura, after having acquired the digital distribution service just last year. Gamasutra reports middleware tools developer Bad Juju Games has purchased the service from Linden Lab. Bad Juju states it will be able to bring new features to the Steam competitor, including …

A company-wide wave of layoffs at Warner Bros is scheduled to take place later this week, according to multiple reports. Game Informer points to a staff memo written by CEO Kevin Tsujihara, which mentions imminent restructuring. Variety further reports that as many as 1,000 jobs could be cut globally. These …

Job losses will 'affect most business groups' and continue into 2015

Ankama has acquired social and mobile game studio Wizcorp. As well as developing games, the Tokyo-based developer also owns its own tech, including Node.js-based game engine MAGE. Camille Chafer, CTO at French publisher Ankama, said he hoped the studio’s expertise in HTML5 and mobile would support the publisher’s ambitions in …

Brendan Iribe has welcomed Oculus Rift’s inevitable rivals in the virtual reality market, but also urged them to ensure their product is up to scratch. We’re really looking forward to this as an industry that takes off… A number of companies will come in, even companies we haven’t heard of …

Ubisoft has brokered a new deal to extend the brand reach of its lucrative Assassin’s Creed franchise… to the bathroom. The Facebook page of Edge shaving gel, which is made by the folk who make Energizer batteries, pictures three limited edition cans. Each carries some Assassin’s Creed decoration and includes …