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Developer Gearbox is arguing that claims against it in an Alien: Colonial marines lawsuit should be dropped. Last year a suit was filed claiming that Gearbox and Sega falsely advertised the game owing to the visual and design disparity between pre-release footage and the final shipped titles. Polygon reports that …

F2P firm pens deal to get games published in China

The reveal trailer for Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was the single most watched video on YouTube in the quarter ending June. VG247 reports that its 20.9m views saw it beat the second placed X-Men: Days of Future Past third official trailer by nearly 3m views. It also bettered …

Learn how knuckles and cardboard brought Tearaway's roaring Wendigos to life

Developer claims it invested millions of dollars of its own money into controversial title

YouTube star PewDiePie now has his very own app on iOS. The Guardian reports that the Maker Studios developed download allows direct access to the Swede’s YouTube content, as ell as the ability to create their own custom favourite feeds, as well as share clips on social media. Admittedly it’s …

But will continue working at Ubisoft on Beyond Good and Evil 2

Capcom has navigated through a tough first quarter, thanks to continued strong sales of Dead Rising 3 and Monster Hunter titles. The publisher emerged from the three-month period without a single new release battered, but not broken. The company notes a drop in both sales and net income, but those …

Call of Duty: Ghosts’ fourth and final DLC offering lands next week for Xbox platforms, Activision has announced. Dubbed Nemesis, the digital content will release first for Xbox One and Xbox 360 platforms on August 5th. PC, PS3 and PS4 platforms should get the content 30 days after that, as …

The founder of GaymerX has apologised for what he says was a misunderstanding regarding NIS America’s support of the event. It was reported earlier this week that the company would not fulfil the $3,000 pledge it had previously offered – this, however, was never the case. "We, GaymerX, received an …