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Dead Island 2 and Homefront: The Revolution will be the headline acts at Game Expo Scotland 2014 in October. Both titles will be playable in the event’s Hollywood Zone. We’re incredibly pleased to have Deep Silver on board for Game Expo Scotland 2014,” Game Expo Scotland organiser Rowan Mackie said. …

It’s hard to envisage a future in which handheld consoles remain relevant, EA COO Peter Moore has argued. "We were supportive of both of those platforms," Moore told Games Industry. "But then you’ve got finite resources and you’ve got teams that say, ‘We really think that two or three years …

Sometimes they’re wonderful, but there’s no denying that internet forums and chat rooms can at times be amongst the worst things ever to be devised by man. League of Legends may be one of the biggest games in the world, but its chat rooms are amongst the most foul. And …

Movie and video game rental kiosk company Redbox is bringing in notable revenue for the video games industry through converting rentals to purchases, a new report has uncovered. A piece on [A]ListDaily reveals a significant conversion rate of Redbox customers purchasing games they rent first. We’re engaging consumers beyond the …

South West-based developer to work on original IP

Stealth and mystery title Escape Dead Island – the latest spinoff in the zombie horror series – is heading to PC and last-gen consoles, publisher Deep Silver has announced. The game is described as a story-driven game that requires more tact and deduction than previous Dead Island titles. Swedish studio …

MOBA title The Witcher Battle Arena is heading to mobile devices later this year, designer CD Projekt RED has announced. The unveiling confirms a report from earlier this year that The Witcher developer had some kind of mobile effort in the works. The Witcher Battle Arena will be a free-to-play …

Leading games industry analyst and SuperData CEO Joost van Dreunen on how the move to digital isn’t generating revenue quite as easily as some companies might have hoped… I attended several analyst meetings at this year’s E3. Almost unanimously publishers pointed toward digital – the transition to digital development, publishing …

Boston developer working on new game in Underworld series

Amazon has launched its Appstore Developer Select programme in the UK, Germany, France and Spain. The free scheme gives developers who optimise their games for the Amazon Appstore and Fire OS a marketing and discoverability boost. These apps will receive premium placement on the Amazon Appstore, 500,000 ad impressions on …