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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

Some users who chose to buy the latest Call of Duty via either PSN or XBL are experiencing problems getting the game up and running on their machines. Reports of a problem first arose amongst PlayStation users who had pre-ordered and pre-loaded the game, with Sony acknowledging the issue and …

Scottish outfit aims to expand business across North America and Europe

Assassin's Creed prepares to drop a Marvel 'Phase Two' style change-up on us with Unity, but its final current-gen installation is every bit as big as its contemporaries

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 …