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Activision says shift to longer development times also opens more scope to be creative

Prove your worth at the ultimate battle of wits: The Newcastle Develop Quiz

The Last of Us: Remastered has claimed its third No.1 in a week of little change in the UKIE GfK All-Formats Top 40. Only Watch Dogs and Titanfall have this year also enjoyed a straight three weeks at the top, while fellow PS4 exclusive InFamous: Second Son enjoyed only two …

2K Games’ multiplayer Evolve won five accolades at this year’s Best of Gamescom awards. As well as collecting the coveted Best of Gamescom award, it also got the nod in the Best Xbox, Best Action, Best PC Game and Best Multiplayer awards. The Most Wanted Consumer Award was handed to …

Chris Stead, the founding editor of Australian Game Informer, has branched out with a fully interactive magazine which aims to challenge what we think rich media really means.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has taken the top spot on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart, finishing ahead of DayZ thanks to a half-off promotion. Payday 2 finished behind the pair in third, while Divinity: Original Sin dropped a notch to fourth. Newcomer Risen 3 rounds out the top five. …

Microsoft has begun rolling out digital download offers for Xbox content at US and UK shops, including codes for add-ons and full games. Major Nelson announces that codes for various products are already available for purchase on Amazon, and coming soon to other retailers. We’re kicking this off with digital …

A Pokmon trading card game is in the works for release on iPad devices later this year, The Pokmon Company has confirmed. Video personality Josh Wittenkeller originally broke the news on Twitter, posting an image that appeared to show a white iPad playing a version of The Pokmon Trading Card …

Intel Developer Blog: A free tool to help you manage the development process

Eric Baesa of creative specialist TAKEOFF discusses the importance of collector’s editions and the power of Batman merchandise. We’ve seen some major changes in the physical world of video games. There have been fewer games released, with an increased focus on digital. But there remains a massive audience of gamers …