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This year’s conference also introduces the European Innovative Games Showcase

343 Industries has revealed new details on Halo: The Master Chief Collection, along with debuting a new trailer for the upcoming Xbox One release. Speaking at Rooster Teeth Expo last weekend, the Halo developer explained what players can expect from Halo 2: Anniversary’s multiplayer mode. New(ish) game modes will be …

Nexon America has acquired a minority stake in Cliff Bleszinki’s freshly unveiled studio Boss Key Productions, the two companies revealed earlier this week in a joint announcement. Along with ownership of a portion of the company, the agreement terms also give Nexon exclusive worldwide publishing and marketing rights to Boss …

Destiny’s beta will take place later this month as two four-day runs on PlayStation hardware and one four-day run on Xbox consoles, Activision has announced. While Sony and Microsoft separately announced beta release windows last month, the game’s publisher has finally confirmed specific dates for the pre-release test. Destiny’s beta …

“They’re not playing what you’re designing, they’re experiencing it,” says Patrick O’Luanaigh

2K and Gearbox Software have announced Battleborn, a first-person shooter MOBA for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Battleborn is being developed by the teams behind Borderlands 2 and is said to fetaure a similar combination of highly-stylised visuals, co-operative gameplay and first-person shooting. Players will be able to play a …

Microsoft open to indie section on Xbox One marketplace

Well, if these videos are representative of the final game then Driveclub is possibly the best looking racing game ever made. Two new videos released on the PlayStation Blog show off the upcoming racer’s dynamic weather system, that is fully customisable and will be offered as a free game update …

Behaviour Interactive developing mobile and web title

SCEE working with organisation to support five games firms' projects for PlayStation platforms