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Successfully Kickstarted indie platformer Shovel Knight has seen PC purchases account for 40 per cent of its month one sales. After a prolonged period of trying to furiously balance the books – which included five months where the development team were left unpaid – the game sold 75,000 copies in …

We take a pre-emptive tour of UKIE's seaside-themed booth

Print and digital editions out now, also features interviews with Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton and Media Molecule's Siobhan Reddy

Assassin’s Creed: Rogue is now official and coming to PS3 and Xbox 360. As rumoured yesterday, the game will be released on November 11th. That’s two weeks after Assassin’s Creed: Unity which is due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC on October 28th. Nintendo fans will be particularly displeased …

Reflections, Pitbull and Eutechnyx signed up for September 3rd event

GES to host cosplay competition during Dare Protoplay this week

Nvidia has set the European launch of its Shield Tablet gaming device for this year’s Gamescom. The event in Cologne will run from August 14th to 17th, with the Shield Tablet set for release on the first day of the show. The Tablet, which allows players to play Android titles …

Microsoft is including a 12-inch Master Chief statue in its 169.99 Halo Collection special edition. The Artfx model sees the Chief posing with a Battle Rifle and comes with two sets of interchangeable arms so he can be displayed in different poses. The Halo: The Master Chief Collection Mjolnir Edition, …

The world’s most popular YouTubers are now more influential amongst American teenagers than both movie stars and singers. That’s according to a Variety survey that found the top five most influential figures among 13-18 year-olds are all YouTubers, with games favourite PewDiePie and the controversial KSI among them. The others …

Despite the seemingly growing emphasis publishers place on pre-orders, they are in fact in decline. That’s according to Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg who told investors, as transcribed by Seeking Alpha, that Call of Duty is just one of many titles to see a decline in pre-orders in 2014. You see …