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From the moment Bobby Kotick, Activision CEO, bemoaned the poor sales of Wii U, you knew Skylanders had a problem. The record-breaking kids IP that introduced the world to ‘toys-to-life’ was finding it harder and harder to find where the kids were playing. Wii and DS sales had fallen down; …

Dovetail may be expanding into the worlds of fishing and planes, but don’t for a second think the publisher is turning its back on its beloved train series. Train Simulator 2015 hits shelves on September 18th, and the title’s developers are trying to make the game’s various functions easier to …

Metro has been remade. The cult survival horror shooter Metro 2033 and its sequel Metro: Last Light are being remastered for the latest generation bof consoles and PC as the Metro Redux double pack. 2033, which is an adaptation of the Russian novel of the same name, and Last Light …

Hell is coming to the PS4 and Xbox One. Diablo III, Blizzard’s gothic RPG which launched on PC in 2012 before coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 last year, is set to hit the current and last console generations on August 19th in the form of the Reaper of Souls …

One of the world’s biggest games properties has tied up a deal with the world’s biggest soft drink. Riot Games president and co-founder Marc Merrill tweeted a pair of pictures (which can be seen below) of LoL characters emblazoned on both Coca-Cola bottles and cans. It’s not yet known if …

In a perfect world it would go without saying that a game based on the Alien IP would be utterly terrifying. But after 2013’s Colonial Marines, you would be forgiven for nassuming this take on the series would also be a shooter – more ‘Aliens’ than ‘Alien’. When it comes …

For many firms, purchasing a franchise would be an easy excuse to remake theseries as they see fit. However, in the case of the former THQ IP MX vs ATV, purchased by Nordic Games last April, the publisher stuck by the adage ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’. When …

More than $50 million has been donated to Cloud Imperium Games for the development of upcoming space exploration title Star Citizen. One of the most high-profile examples of crowd-funding, the title has now generated $51,075,243 from 525,131 backers, according to the game’s website. That’s an increase of $10m in the …

Microsoft has admitted that its controversial capture of Square Enix’s Rise of the Tomb Raider as an Xbox exclusive is designed to fend off the threat of Uncharted 4. I’m a big fan of Uncharted and I wish we had an action adventure game of that ilk,” Xbox boss Phil …

Since its inception almost three years ago, Nordic Games has become a prolific name not only for its core gaming retail focused PC and casual console titles. This is as well as its involvement with over 50 digital retailing environments. From Steam and Humble to console storefronts and, more recently, …