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2K Games has announced the Evolve alpha is now available for PlayStation 4 owners to participate in. The event arrived on schedule for Xbox One and Windows PC versions of the upcoming game, but was postponed on PS4 due to firmware issues relating to Sony’s 2.00 update for the console. …

Nordic Games has acquired one of defunct publisher THQ’s last remaining intellectual properties, de Blob. Gamasutra reports on the purchase, which follows Nordic acquiring the rights to publish games under the THQ name and trademark earlier this year. "It was in one of the lots, but we did not acquire …

Civilization: Beyond Earth is on top of Steam’s weekly best sellers chart for the second week in a row, beating out the latest offering in the popular Farming Simulator series. Still, a runner-up finish is pretty strong for any title making its list debut – it’ll be interesting to see …

One of the women victimised by the GamerGate hate campaign has said her family will offer a reward for anyone who helps identify individuals who have sent her death threats. The Wu family is offering a reward of $11,000 for identifiable information leading to the prosecution of people sending me …

Developer Mike Bithell has confirmed that Lord of the Rings star Andy Serkis will feature in his next release Volume. He’ll play villainous CEO” Guy Gisborne who runs the England depicted in what is described as a stealth-based retelling of the Robin Hood fable. Set in the future. Bithell’s breakthrough …

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Cloud Imperium Games has for the first time shown off the first person shooter element of its in-development space epic Star Citizen. The video shows off four players securing a space station manned by hostiles. It all looks little ropey, but boss Chris Roberts promises that the CryEngine 3 based …

November has started, the Christmas toys are on shelves, and so now is the time to get excited for the MCV and Develop Games Industry Christmas Quiz 2014. The whole UK games industry is invited to come, of course, to the December 2nd event. This is our biggest quiz event …

Every Saturday evening for the last ten weeks has seen The Doctor and Clara fight all sort of nasties. There’s been the half-faced man, the Daleks, the Robots of Sherwood, evil wall-painting things, a mummy, spiders on the moon, trees… And then, within 24 hours, gamers are given the chance …