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A host of negative reviews suggest that gamers are unhappy with Codemasters recent Steam release Colin McRae Rally. From the developers of the multi-million selling franchise and based on content from the 90 per cent Metacritic rated Colin McRae Rally 2.0,” the 4.99 game’s listing reads, although it does add: …

IGN is to expand into 22 new countries following new partnerships established by the gaming website. IGN parent company Ziff Davis will collaborate with three regional media publishing houses to bring IGN.com to three new markets – Spanish-speaking Latin America, Portugal and Greece. The firm said that the expansion brings …

Well that makes a refreshing change. A short spell of video gaming each day can have a positive effect on the lives of young children, a new study has claimed. That’s according toa survey of 5,000 10-15 year olds by experimental psychologist Dr Andrew Przybylski published in medical journal Pediatrics, …

Microsoft’s implementation of DirectX 12 is unlikely to aid developers trying to get 1080p performance out of their titles on Xbox One. That’s according to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s lead engine programmer Balazs Torok who told GamingBolt that while it will bring some benefits, resolution increase is unlikely to …

High Street retailer GAME has clawed back some of the UK’s video game market share from supermarkets. That’s according to Kanter Worldpanel, which found that for the 12 weeks ending July 6th GAME boosted its share of the physical games, movie and music market by 1.1 per cent year-on-year. Amazon …

Dong Nguyen’s iOS flash-in-the-pan Flappy Bird is back. Strangely, new title Flappy Birds Family isn’t available on the Apple App Store or Google Play and can only be had through the Amazon Appstore. It’s free and is compatible with Amazon’s Fire TV platform. Flappy Birds now are on Amazon Fire …

Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us: Remastered has debuted at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. The game is the fifth biggest release of 2014 to date and also the fourth ever biggest on PS4, just behind InFamous: Second Son. The school summer holidays and …

Any doubts over a PC release for space simulator No Man’s Sky appear to have been quashed. GameSpot reports that in the latest issue of Edge Hello Games’ Sean Murray has confirmed that yes, the game will be a timed exclusive on PS4 and that yes, it will then release …

Tickets for the New Zealand GDC, which will be headlined by the lead designer of Diablo 2, are on sale now.

Deep Silver has partnered with feature film production company Occupant Entertainment in an effort to get the previously stalled Dead Island movie adaption back on track. Deadline reports on Deep Silver’s new agreement with Occupant, with confirmation direct from the movie studio regarding the validity of the deal. "Deep Silver …