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Bandai Namco has officially announced new fighting title Tekken 7. A trailer for the game, as seen below, was debuted yesterday at the 2014 Evolution Championships. It is being built using Unreal Engine 4. The Tekken franchise is beloved and we couldn’t be more excited to be working with the …

Print and digital editions out now, also features a look under the hood of Silicon Studio's Yebis 2 and why devs are embracing procedural generation

The situation at Crytek’s UK studio appears to be worsening. Following reports of unpaid wages and staff walkouts over the last month, Kotaku now reports that the director of the recently announced Homefront: The Revolution Hasit Zala has resigned. Zala is also franchise director for free-to-play title Warface. "It creates …

Xbox One’s latest update adds the ability to download a title’s demo and subsequently unlock the full version of the game from the same file. In an interview with Eurogamer, Microsoft’s ID@Xbox head Chris Charla stated the feature arrived as part of the console’s latest update – adding that he …

Apps that have no visibility at all – or zombie apps” – make up 80 per cent of Apple’s App Store library, new research from Adjust shows. Joystiq reports on the mobile analytics firm’s findings, which defines app visibility as ranking on any of the 39,171 App Store top lists …

Divinity: Original Sin maintained its top spot again on this Steam’s weekly top ten sellers chart, while DayZ is on the climb again. Bohemia’s Early Access survival game finished as last week’s runner-up, jumping three spots from the previous period. Chart regular Counter-Strike: Global Offensive finished right behind in third. …

Rebounding after a tumultuous period of closures and uncertainty, Australian development isn't going anywhere

Rob Grossberg, CEO of mobile development and distribution firm TreSensa, offers an insight into the opportunities beyond crowded app stores

Firm discusses a rapidly changing industry and the misconceptions surrounding QA

Disney’s hit movie Frozen is to be emblazoned onto the side of Sony’s PS4. Gematsu reports that the Limited Edition Frozon PS4 will boast a special Anna and Elsa laser seal hard-drive bay cover”. It launches on July 16th and will cost 42,980 (250). What it doesn’t include is a …