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Dragon Age: Inquisition will be available for subscribers to EA Access five days ahead of its general release. The game is released in the UK on November 21st but will be playable on Xbox One via EA Access from November 16th. As is the way with EA Access trials, however, …

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Mixamo's ambition to make character creation and animation available to all

Retailer GAME has over the weekend rewarded 8,000 customers with a big slice of free store credit. When GAME floated in the summer it also handed out what it calls Virtual loyalty Shares to 20,000 customers. Most received 100 worth, although 10 were given 1,000 of the virtual shares. 8,000 …

Rahul Sood forms new start-up

Twitch has signed on as the official live stream partner for this year’s London Games Conference. The sixth outing for the event returns in just over two weeks’ time on Wednesday November 19th, and will take place at 1 Wimpole Street in London. This year’s proceedings will focus on how …

Former Eidos chairman and Creative Skillset Games Council chair Ian Livingstone CBE on why the industry workforce needs to speak out about their skills and training needs

PS4 owners in Germany have discovered that their Share Play experience on PS4 is more restricted than in other territories. Videogamer reports that when in Germany Share Play can only be instigated with other German players. Those using the service to access a PEGI 16+ rated title are also required …

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare could yet outsell its predecessor Ghosts, the CEO of Activision Publishing Eric Hirshberg has said. Games Industry reports that Hirshberg claims that the publisher’s internal metrics show that purchase intent [is] well above last year” and that engagement with the brand in social media channels …

Revolution 60 developer also sets up legal fund to defend women against character assassination