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IQzone's Patrick Pettay on why he believes advertisements should be used alongside IAPs in mobile games

Developer Milestone has announced the latest effort in its motorcycle racing sim franchise MotoGP is set to release in Europe later this month, with a North American release said to be in the works as well. MotoGP 14 will mark the series debut on PlayStation 4 hardware – with PC, …

Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare will launch on both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 hardware in August, developer PopCap has confirmed. The studio officially announced the editions for Sony’s PlayStation consoles, after having teased them late last week with a nod to Sony’s Sly Cooper. Both will launch on August …

Military-themed shooter sequel Arma 3 has sold more than 1m copies since its initial release, developer Bohemia Interactive has announced. To celebrate the milestone, the studio has released Arma 3 Karts. Originally teased as an April Fool’s joke, the $1.99 DLC expansion pack is available now on Steamfor the title. …

The latest entry in the Mario Kart series has already sold 1.2m units across the globe, says Nintendo. The game launched on Friday (May 30th) and has already become the fastest selling title on the Wii U. It is the second quickest selling title in the series, too. It also …

Playground Games is not developing the Xbox 360 version of Forza Horizon 2. Microsoft announced the game earlier today, along with the surprise news that it is coming to both Xbox One AND Xbox 360. While Microsoft has in the pas been criticised for the speed at which it dropped …

Microsoft has announced a host of new World Cup functionality for Xbox One. It’s going by the name Destination Brazil and will arrive on the console on June 12th – the same day the tournament kicks off with hosts Brazil squaring off against Croatia. First off there’s Brazil Now, a …

Nvidia has added some important new functionality to its GeForce Experience software. Streamers will be delighted to hear that desktop capture has been added to ShadowPlay. Previously the software would only stream live video of compatible titles, but now users can stream whatever is being displayed on their screen, opening …

Sequel set to be released in 2015 on Xbox One, PS4, PC, Mac and Linux

Leamington Spa studio sharing technology and personnel with series creator for this year's racer