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Blizzard has announced an increase to the subscription fees for World of Warcraft. 30 Day subscriptions will increase be 1 to 9.99 with 90 Day plans jumping 3 to 28.17 and 180 Days climbing by 6 to 52.14. The new prices will come into effect on November 13th to coincide …

Sean Murray says he wants to make triple-A developers and publishers jealous of what his small team can achieve

Microsoft has confirmed an interesting incentive to get people watching its exclusive Halo Channel TV content. Polygon reports that watching The Halo Channel will in turn unlock some additional content in both this year’s Halo: The Master Chief Collection and next year’s Halo 5. "When you get to the end …

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 …