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Surprise appointment as engine firm's co-founder David Helgason steps back

New studio gearing up for debut release

Pre-owned specialist CEX is now accepting Bitcoin payments in 32 additional stores. Earlier this year the retailer added Bitcoin payments to its website and begun trialling the currency at its Glasgow Sauchiehall Street store. That store, as well as Manchester Arndale, also now offer commission-free Bitcoin ATMs allowing customers to …

Devising strategies for future Nintendo gaming platforms” is a key requirement in a new graphics architect vacancy posted by the Wii U platform holder. As spotted by NeoGaf, a listing for a lead graphics architect in the system-on-chip architecture group” is on the hunt for someone to shape the design …

Ubisoft and Synthesis offer a behind-the-scenes look at creating Mexican Spanish versions of Assassin's Creed and Far Cry

Could Rockstar be planning an HD remaster of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas? XboxAchievements spotted a list of 33 achievements for an apparent Xbox 360 version of the game. Furthermore, Videogamer reports that both the PS2 and Xbox versions of the game have been removed from PSN and Xbox Live …

The third and final bit of DLC for Dark Souls 2 may not be as final as was previously thought. As spotted on Reddit, a Steam database update posted yesterday added information pertaining to testdlc4” to the game. This follows the labelling pattern used for the previous DLC releases. Bandai …

Monster Hunter 4G has remained top of the Japanese software chart for a second week, according to the latest data provided by Famitsu. Capcom’s hugely popular beast-slaying title saw its unit sales fall by over 1.3 million, but given that it sold over 1.6 million last week, it’s unsurprising that …

Shinji Mikami has criticised the depiction of women as ‘objects’ in some video games. I don’t know if I’ve put more emphasis on women characters, but when I do introduce them, it is never as objects,” the Resident Evil and The Evil Within creator told The Guardian. In some games, …

Johnnemann Nordhagen, co-creator of Gone Home and founder of Dim Bulb Games, has lifted the lid on the latter’s first title. Entitled Where The Water Tastes Like Wine, the game is an exploration game set in a dreamlike and fantastical vision of America. The title is inspired by American folk …