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The little-known Aussie arm of the DayZ and Operation Flashpoint developer has been given a bump by the New South Wales government

Ubisoft has revealed a new Assassin’s Creed franchise collection for release next month for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The title will be dubbed Assassin’s Creed: The Americas Collection for its North American release and Assassin’s Creed Birth of a New World – The America Saga for Europe. Regardless of …

A new PlayStation 3 hardware bundle headlined by Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham is heading to retail in North America later this year, Sony has announced. A post on PlayStation.com unveils the new console package – which will include a 500 GB Slim PlayStation 3, along with copies of Lego …

Gearbox’s high-profile action-RPG shooter Borderlands 2 is coming to Linux. Borderlands 2 port team Aspyr Media confirmed with Gaming On Linux that the studio is developing a version for the budding PC platform. The company brought the game to Mac in November 2013. A follow-up interview on IGN further reveals …

The latest Batman title is coming to stores worldwide next June, Warner Bros has announced. Batman: Arkham Knight is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 2nd 2015. It was originally meant to be coming out at the end of 2014, but was delayed until 2015so that …

Apple’s media event tomorrow night looks set to be the launch platform for TWO new iPhones and Apple’s debut in the wearable tech category. Several members of the fashion press have been tweeting about their surprise at receiving an invite to the briefing – all of which is merely adding …

Recruitment specialist signs on as event partner for next month's conference in Edinburgh

2K's Walt Williams wants to "try something new", plans to write "in the background"

The complete list of announced games that will comprise Sony’s line-up for the Tokyo Game Show later this month has been revealed. As reported by Gematsu, titles include Bloodborne, Resident Evil: Revelations 2, Disgaea 5, The Order: 1886, LittleBigPlanet 3, PES 2015 and Earth Defense Force 4.1 on PS4 while …

Warner Bros has filed a series of trademarks for what reportedly could be a digital retail and streaming platform. The Escapist reports that the filings for ‘WB Play’ concern a number of activities such as ‘online retail store services’, ‘audio and video broadcasting services’ and ‘downloadable virtual goods’. Of the …