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GAME, at least the old GAME, used to be notoriously slow at launching things. We recall the days they would speak to us about updating their website or launching a new piece of tech. It would often take a good six months at least before we saw it in the …

Service launching in Japan next month

A new mobile game streaming service is coming to Japan courtesy of Square Enix. Kotaku reports that Dive In offers game streaming on iOS and Android and will launch with Final Fantasy VII International, Final Fantasy XIII and Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders. 30 minute demos will be …

Media organisation also airing educational shows for programming on CBBC and CBeebies

Martin Ganteföhr's first game with Hamburg studio to be unveiled in the next few months

Capcom is to remove Games for Windows Live from three more of its PC titles. Support for Microsoft’s unpopular service will be patched out of Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, with all three moving over to Steamworks. With the global popularity of …

Develop talks to leading composers about the challenges of interactive music

An issue that prevents players of The Sims 4 from uploading characters with specific homosexual name references is being remedied by EA. A video by Why Stuff Is Great, seen below, shows that while players can create avatars with words such as ‘gay’, ‘queer’, ‘lesbian’ or ‘homosexual’ in their name …

Finnish visbility solution handling occlusion in Activision's new blockbuster shooter franchise

The long wait for Destiny is over, with Activision’s shooter officially launching this morning ahead of what could be a record-breaking game launch in the UK. Destiny is the most pre-ordered new IP in GAME’s history and looks set to eclipse the record set by Watch Dogs earlier this year. …