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Deep Silver’s Dead Island MOBA spinoff Dead Island: Epidemic has launched on Valve’s Steam platform as an Early Access offering. While the final version of the game will be free-to-play, the closed beta version of the game currently available via the digital distributor is available in three different premium packages …

UK studio nDreams will unveil a new virtual reality game at E3 2014, the developer has teased. The VR title will be fully unveiled for both the Oculus Rift and Sony’s Project Morpheus headsets at some point during the event in Los Angeles next month. Known for its work on …

GAME has confirmed that over 300 stores will open their doors on midnight on the night of Monday May 26th for the launch of Watch Dogs. The main launch event will take place at GAME’s Gateshead Metrocentre store which will welcome a number of Ubisoft Reflections developers and host an …

Microsoft says changes being made to "development process and methodolgy" at Twycross studio

An unspecified number of jobs have been lost at Microsoft owned developer Rare. Eurogamer reports that the move comes after sales of recent Xbox One release Kinect Sports Rivals, which was made at the Twycross studio, were lower than expected, resulting in a significant loss” for the project. It reports …

Developers could have a new avenue to release their alpha titles

With the likes of DayZ and Rust enjoying huge success on the Steam Early Access system, it’s no surprise the model has caught the attention of other digital retailers. And it looks as if Good Old Games could be the first rival to step up to the plate and offer …

Microsoft has a new Xbox 360 controller design on the way to retail. It’s called Arctic Camouflage and is very much in the vein of the regular Camouflage release that arrived last year. It will also support Microsoft’s transforming chrome d-pad. It’s due out in both the UK and US …

The Atari brand means many things to many people, but above all else it remains a hardware brand. That’s according to new CEO Frederic Chesnais who told VentureBeat that while a successor to the Atari 2600 may not be on the cards the company does occupy a special position in …

8GB will still limit developers – despite being 16 times more RAM than Xbox 360 and PS3