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A big announcement kicked off Game Connect Asia Pacific (GCAP) this morning, with Robert Khoo taking the stage to confirm five more years in Melbourne for PAX Australia

GungHo Online Entertainment’s US branch has partnered with Seattle-based developer 17-Bit to publish and promote future games from the studio. The Japanese video game company is best known for its mobile mega-hit Puzzle and Dragons, which has accounted for the vast majority of the firm’s revenue over the past couple …

Telltale’s Game of Thrones is still due out before the end of 2014, the developer has confirmed. While fielding questions from fans on Twitter, Telltale community and PR specialist Laura Perusco stated that the episodic adventure game based on the works of George R.R. Martin and HBO’s related television program …

Civilization: Beyond Earth has taken the top spot on this week’s Steam best sellers chart, beating out last week’s winner Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. The recently released Borderlands title settled for runner-up this time around, while Payday 2 finished third—thanks in part to new content and a discount promotion. Football Manager …

Square Enix had made the surprise decision to bring forward the release date of Lords of the Fallen to tomorrow. The action RPG was due out this Friday (October 31st) in the UK but will now be available both digitally and on the High Street first thing tomorrow (October 28th). …

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Next week’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare could sell 70 per cent fewer units than 2012’s Black Ops 2. It could also fall 40 per cent short of last year’s COD: Ghosts, according to estimates from Cowen and Company which says that the series is now in a state of …

Sony has explained how its new Share Play feature will work on PS4s. The feature arrives as part of PS4’s v2.0 firmware is released tomorrow. It allows owners to transfer control of their games to friends over the internet, and as it relies on streaming tech the share-ee need not …

Online title LEGO Minifigures Online is being ported to Amazon’s Fire TV and Fire HDX tablets. Funcom’s game is already available on PC and has versions in the works for iOS and Android tablets. In-game content is unlocked via codes included in series 12 of LEGO’s physical Minifigure packs. Fire …

The streaming content market has yet another hardware contender – the Amazon Fire TV Stick. The device is a direct rival to Google’s Chromecast. The stick is designed to be plugged into a TV’s HDMI port, allowing for direct streaming of digital content. It houses a dual-core processor and in-built …