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Mid-tier devs could be forced out completely as swathes of developers release their games on Steam, says Jeff Vogel

id owner wants to be fully compensated for its ‘part’ in creating the start-up’s popular VR headset

We don’t even know if it’s any good. That’s what’s quite remarkable about the already huge success of Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs. We’ve never played a game quite like it. It’s a new IP so there’s no previous game in which to draw any expectation from. Outside of the E3 demos, …

SCEE's Dave Parkinson discusses the current state of play in game testing

Simplistic and brilliant iOS game Blek has topped the iPhone charts this week. The game – which has been available since earlier this year – challenges you to slide your finger across the screen to make a black line, which snakes off around the screen. Gamers must get the colour …

Localize Direct on how it made sure Born Ready's space combat game was ready for international markets

So Crytek has teased its latest game Arena of Fate. Outside of a 33 second teaser (which we have included below) very little is known about the game, other than it’s an ‘action-packed’ online title, it’s out this summer and there’s a website – arenaoffate.com (which currently goes nowhere). Oh, …

The next WWE game will be the first on next-generation consoles, 2K has announced. WWE 2K15 will arrive on Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 31st (for our US audience, that’s October 28th). Rather than send out a press release with a generic comment, 2K made the …

Take-Two has registered the name City Stories, which has seen the internet speculate about a possible new GTA. Of course it makes sense. City Stories was the name of the PSP GTA sub-series – namely Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories. Does that …

Seven Summits Studio’s Petite has won the award for best story in the Indie Prize at the ongoing Casual Connect Asia. Petite is a unique ambient game that revolves around the life of a woman and several key incidents in her life. Each level finds her in a new situation …