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Star Wars: Attack Squadron has been abandoned by Disney just four months after entering closed beta. The Area 52 developed free-to-play title offered 16-player online dogfights and the ability to customise iconic craft such as the X-Wing and Tie-Fighter. It was in development outside of EA’s exclusive Star Wars game …

How the demands of Unity’s global userbase have helped shape Geomerics’ renowned lighting software

Bethesda has delayed the release of Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within. The game has been due out on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, 360 and PC in Europe on August 29th. It will now arrive on October 24th. It will release in America on October 21st and Australia on October 23rd. …

Console firm tries new tactic to make money from videos using its games

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