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Titanfall’s final DLC pack will launch this Thursday on PC and Xbox One. The add-on will hit September 25th for the pair of platforms, and carry three new maps: Backwater, Zone 18 and Sand Trap. No word on what the individual price for the DLC will be, but Season Pass …

Wasteland 2 has generated $1.5m in sales just four days out from release, developer inXile Entertainment has announced. "We are ecstatic that the style of game we love so much has been embraced so well," company founder Brain Fargo said. The studio originally ran a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised …

Ubisoft has confirmed to MCV that, according to GfK data, Watch Dogs remains the fastest selling new IP in Europe… not Destiny. In the week that followed the arrival of Destiny, Activision proudly declared that the game had become the fastest selling new IP after one week in the UK …

Razer has released an open beta for new data tracking functionality in its Synapse software. Razer Synapse: Stats and Heatmaps allows users to collect data in order to track and share their mouse and keyboard stats, as well as recording how gaming devices interact with their games. Some of the …

The Games Media Awards return on October 15th, naming the best of the best in UK games media. Sega has signed up as sponsor for the Rising Star award, which acknowledges the hard efforts of newer games writers in the last 36 months. Over 250 people are expected to attend …

The controversy surrounding Apple’s allegedly bendy iPhone 6 Plus is unfounded due to the design of modern smartphones. That’s according to analyst Chris Green who has made the shock claim to the BBC that modern phones don’t belong in pockets at all. "This is not an issue that Apple – …

Guerilla Tea, Kuato Studios, Chillingo and more to attend October 1st showcase

Ubisoft is bringing its instructional guitar game Rocksmith to PS4 and Xbox One. Rocksmith 2014 Edition will arrive on November 7th and will be exclusive to Amazon in the UK. New features include 1080p graphics (on both machines) and, on PS4, the addition of Remote Play via PlayStation Vita specifically …

Calling all future development stars – book your place now for October 2nd conference

There were so many announcements during PlayStation’s E3 2014 media briefing that it’s hard to remember them all. One that was unexpected – but perhaps not entirely unsurprising – was a sizzle reel trailer for a number of indie games by publisher Devolver Digital. Sony has been very active within …