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Watch Dogs has sold more than 4m units in its first week, Ubisoft has announced. The figure is a new industry record for sales by a new intellectual property in a seven-day span, as well as the best selling launch week ever for an Ubisoft game. Assassin’s Creed III had …

Disney has released a new Marvel Avengers Alliance game, although it’s only available on Facebook. Marvel Avengers Alliance: Tactics is the latest entry in what the publisher says is a 70m+ selling series. It’s fully 3D and has players strategically placing their heroes on the battlefield. Users assume the role …

UPDATE:Yahoo reports that European shipments of the system will end later this year, and that American shipments ended in January. ORIGINAL STORY: Time finally appears to have caught up with Sony’s pioneering PlayStation Portable. Polygon reports that shipments of the device to the Japanese market will be terminated later this …

Lionhead has (more or less) confirmed a PC release for Fable Anniversary. That’s according to the video below which, while not outright announcing the release, pretty much confirms things. An E3 announcement seems likely. The video’s blurb reads: Since launching Fable Anniversary on Xbox 360, we’ve been inundated with requests …

Leading studios and service firms sign up to sponsor July event

Sega has said that both versions of Sonic Boom will be released in the UK in November. And to differentiate between the Wii U and 3DS SKUs, each has been given its own subtitle – Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal respectively. The Wii U game …

The Game Crowd working on racing title for 2015 release

A string of senior departures at Naughty Dog puts the Uncharted maker in a taxing situation no studio wants to be in: replacing top talent in the midst of development

Rocksteady has said that Batman: Arkham Knight will not be released in late 2014 a previously stated. Instead, the game joins the ever-growing list of titles now destined for release in 2015. "Batman: Arkham Knight is totally awesome. The thing about awesome, though, is awesome takes time,” Rocksteady’s brand marketing …

Crysis developer Crytek has announced its second title in as many days. Having been unveiled as the developer and co-publisher of Homefront: The Revolution yesterday, the studio has now lifted the lid on multiplayer console and PC outing Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded. Whereas Homefront is being developed by the …