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Apple’s App Store has reached the ripe old age of six, and as of right now contains some 1,252,777 apps. A further 578,000 will be added in the next 12 months, too. That’s according to Adjust’s Birth, Life and Death of an App report, which reckons that there were 453,902 …

Piers Harding-Rolls, head of games research at IHS Technology, questions whether Google’s latest Android-powered bid for the living room can disrupt the console rule of the PS4 and Xbox One… Google has announced a new version of its TV and set-top box solution, named Android TV, and in doing so …

Plans remains in place for every Xbox One unit to have the facility of being transformed into a development station. Microsoft said way back in July that any Microsoft-authorized Xbox One unit can be converted into a debug console – the advantage to developers of course being the ability to …

The remake of Grim Fandango will be launching on PC alongside PS4 and Vita, the game’s developer has confirmed. Double Fine previously announced that the dark comedy point and click adventure, originally released exclusively on PC in 1998, would be coming to PS4 and Vita at Sony’s E3 conference in …

The ‘rogue-lite’ dungeon platformer Rogue Legacy is coming to PlayStation platforms at the end of July. Teddy Lee, games designer at developer Cellar Door Games, announced that the game, which launched on PC, Mac and Linux last year, was originally designed with a view to playing on Vita. "When we …

An alternative colour for the PS4 is due to hit European retailers later this year, SCE Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has said. Until now the white model has only been confirmed for inclusion in the Destiny hardware bundle due out on September 9th. However, CVG spotted an interview with …

Fans are being asked what extras they would like to see bundled in with the Collector’s Edition of Dead Island 2. Publisher Deep Silver has previously done the same for the likes of Dead Island: Riptide and Saints Row IV. Options include sunglasses, a towel, figures, a plush toy, flag, …

Grand Theft Auto V developer recognised for outstanding success

Train simulator specialist Dovetail is branching out into the flight sim sector. The company, which rebranded from RailSimulator.com to Dovetail last year and last week announced plans to dabble in fishing, has licensed Microsoft’s flight simulator tech. This doesn’t mean Dovetail will be making future Microsoft Flight Simulator titles as …

Uncharted 4 is currently in development for PS4, but perhaps one Uncharted game simply isn’t enough for Nathan Drake. With The Last of Us: Remastered hitting PS4 later this month and Thatgamecompany’s Flow and Flower already available, Sony obviously sees great stock in retooling its existing PS3 hits for its …