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Warner Bros has confirmed that TT Games is working on LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham. It sees the Dark Knight team up with Superman and DC chums and take to space to fight Brainiac. Over 150 characters are included as well as locations such as the Batcave, Hall of Justice …

Erm, remember in that story published a few moments ago when we said The Order: 1886 would be out this Q4? Yeah. It turns out that isn’t going to be happening. Sony has announced that the PS4 shooter has been delayed from Q4 this year until early 2015. "We want …

Sony at the weekend streamed a brief glimpse of upcoming PS4 shooter The Order: 1886 gameplay. There’s no doubt the Ready at Dawn (God of War) and Sony Santa Monica (PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale) looks visually amazing, although forums and social media remain sceptical of its gameplay credentials. But …

The creator of award-winning indie hit Papers Please has named and detailed his next project. It’s called Return of the Obra Dinn and is described by developer Lucas Pope as a first person mystery that uses retro visuals – or ‘1-bit rendering’ as he calls it – despite being built …

US PS3 owners are being given the chance to sample Battlefield 4 for free. PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to download a trial version of the game on PS3 later today (May 27th). Once downloaded, it will remain available for 20 hours from the moment it is booted up. …

Studio head Nick Button-Brown finally shares what his team at London tech start-up Improbable are working towards, and how it hopes to change gaming forever

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Kickstarter is not declining in popularity, but developers are finding it increasingly difficult to find popular niches, says InXile Entertainment CEO Brian Fargo. Speaking toDigital Spy, he said crowdfunding failures were down to the site doing its job – weeding out the projects that consumers don’t want. "I think the …

A new poll claims that 49 per cent of UK users have become wary of eBay following last week’s news of a security breach. The research, which wasconducted by YouGov for Clearswift, also found that 33 per cent of eBay users have already changed their passwords, with 52 per cent …