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Smash-hit indie title Minecraft is to make its next-gen debut this week. A listing for the game on PSN seems to suggest that the game will at last be released on PS4 when the store is updated in Europe tomorrow. A Vita release is expected to follow shortly, too. Microsoft …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog on what the latest updates to this debugging tool offer developers

Video game social network GamesGrabr has teamed up with digital distribution service Sony DADC Genba to sell games. Right now only digital PC titles through Steam are available. Over time GamesGrabr says it has plans to sell games across a variety of platforms and also aims to be selling boxed …

Valve has quietly pulled Early Access title The Stomping Land from the Steam store, after months of inactivity surrounding the game’s development. While the $25 in-development game’s store page remains live, the option to purchase it is no longer available. The last update for the game came in June, with …

Peggle 2 will end its Xbox exclusivity next month when it launches on PlayStation 4, developer PopCap has revealed. A post on Peggle’s official Twitter account shows the game boasting PlayStation 4 box art – which could suggest a physical release is in store, though neither PopCap nor publisher EA …

Microsoft’s Xbox One console will arrive in 28 new countries during September, including launches in Japan and China. Xbox Wire details the myriad of launch dates over the next few weeks, which starts today in Chile and Columbia, and continues later this week with Japan on September 4th. September 5th …

Some of the most digital-ready games companies will offer advice on how to sell digital games at Games Retail 2020. Top brass from Xbox and Sega, the developer/publisher Team 17 and games retail start-up gamesGRABR will take part in a panel discussion at the event, which takes place on September …

Koei Tecmo has confirmed that Dead or Alive 5: Last Round will be released in both America and Europe. The game was announced as part of Sony’s pre-Tokyo Game Show press event yesterday. Furthermore, Last Round will be sold for less than your typical RRP – 34.99 on PS4 and …

Sega has promoted John Clark to senior vice president for commercial publishing, a new division within Sega Europe that combines boxed and digital games. Clark has worked at Sega for almost eight years, having worked as UK managing director. Since 2012, he has worked as VP for digital distribution. Sega’s …

An alternative virtual reality treadmill has hit its funding target on Kickstarter. The Cyberith Virtualizer is the second such device to be successfully backed by the crowdfunding service, having reached $361k – easily passing its $250k goal. Readers may recall that another VR treadmill, the Virtuix Omni, was successfully Kickstarted …