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It seems that Microsoft’s $2.5bn acquisition of Minecraft creator Mojang doesn’t mean the retail version of the brick-building game will launch on Xbox One ahead of its rival, the PS4. Microsoft’s Xbox News Wire has dated the release of the massively popular title on Xbox One for November 18th, priced …

Last year, online games giant Wargaming finally launched its World of Tanks follow-up – World of Warplanes – to disappointing results. Now in 2014, it believes it can bounce back with its first foray onto mobile and the impending launch of World of Warships. Christopher Dring speaks to CEO Victor …

Microsoft has revealed the next iteration of its Windows operating system, Windows 10. Leapfrogging from the divisive Windows 8, which was released back in 2012, Windows 10 will reintroduce many of the features that were removed from Windows 8. This includes the iconic Start menu, which will implement some of …

Threshold Entertainment and The Tetris Company are teaming up to make a feature length film based on the classic video game. The production company plans to turn Tetris into an "epic science fiction" movie. For those curious, Threshold was the company behind the two 1990s Mortal Kombat films. The Tetris …

Marmalade and Amazon team up to encourage more devs to release games on the latter's growing app store

Intel Developer Blog: Get started with the IoT through Intel's Developer Kit

The Australian Writers' Guild has announced today that it is now accepting applications for its Interactive, Multiplatform and Narrative Games Development Lab.

Games journalist Dan Shoe” Hsu has announced he’ll be stepping down as Games Beat editor-in-chief to take on a new challenge outside of games media. Hsu revealed his imminent departure on a GamesBeat article posted earlier today – the industry vet of nearly two decades previously served as head of …

Nintendo has rolled out a new firmware update for Wii U, adding an oft-requested organization feature on the console’s dashboard among other improvements. The hardware’s 5.2.0 U update – available to download now – brings folders to the Wii U menu, allowing users to create places to organize and store …

Former Rockstar developers Craig Conner and Will Morton have opened a new production studio dubbed Solid Audioworks. The pair most recently worked together at Rockstar North and both have worked extensively on the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Morton served as a dialogue supervisor and senior audio designer for the series, …