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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 …

The first ever 4.0GHz CPU from Intel is on the way. The CPU giant has revealed the multi-threaded quad core Core i7-4790K which ships with a clock speed for 4.0GHz out of the box, with single cores able to hit 4.4GHz under load. For comparison the i7-4770K and 4670K clock …

E3 organisers ESA says it is dramatically increasing the size of its mobile and social games pavilion at this year’s show. The firm’s senior vice president Rich Taylor told MCV that the area will be moved from the outskirts of the show and into the main halls, putting it alongside …

Project Heera creator Tanmay Chinchkar has been selected as the Indian participant for the unique Pixel Heart initiative. Pixel Heart is a feature-length documentary that will focus on six game developers from six countries, who will participate in a game jam that will result in the creation of 12 new …

It allstarted with a mod. Well, actually, that’s not necessarily true. The origins of the MOBA are far murkier than that. The common conception is that they are the new kid on the block, but they have actually existed for decades. You can trace the MOBA all the way back …