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DayZ is back on top of this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. The Early Access mammoth beat out runner-up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to retake the lead for the seven-day period ending on August 9th. Previous chart-topper Divinity: Original Sin slipped to third, in front of State of Decay on …

The Dare to be Digital 2014 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title Soul Seeker

The Dare to be Digital 2014 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title Sunny Rainy Snowy

Experts in PC games, virtual reality, market data and digital content round out the first wave of speakers for September’s new video games conference Games Retail 2020. We’re hard a work building the first ever UK event dedicated to the future of selling games and today have taken the wraps …

The Dare to be Digital 2014 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title Seek

A TV production firm is putting together a documentary about video games, and it’s not a negative one. In fact, Back2Back productions is producing a show that looks at people who fell in love, got married and started families via the likes of World of Warcraft and Second Life. The …

The Dare to be Digital 2014 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title Lapin: The legend of Shortpaw

Call of Duty publishers teases Gamecom reveal

Xbox has joined the ever-growing number of games companies that are selling digital games directly through High Street retailers. From August 15th, GAME will be selling Seasons Passes for the likes of Forza 5, Halo 4 and Gears of War Judgment, as well as individual digital games such as State …

Media company Future has announced its new executive management team. Nial Ferguson has been appointed as content and marketing director, having previously served at Future for six years. Prior to this he was managing director of Future UK. Media veteran Jeff Turner has joined the media firm as commercial director …