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Independent developer Keen Software House has announced its space sandbox game Space Engineers has sold over 500k copies as an Early Access offering on Steam. The indie game (and regular on Steam’s top ten chart) has been available since October 23rd of last year, meaning the milestone was achieved right …

Mojang will shut its doors a decade after its formation if the developer isn’t turning a profit, company founder Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has revealed. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Persson divulged his long-term vision for the studio formed to oversee the development of his indie game turned empire Minecraft; …

China’s mobile gaming market is nearing the same size as America’s market and growing at a significantly faster rate, a new report from research firm Superdata has revealed. Games Industry highlights Superdata’s research, which projects Chinese mobile gaming will bring in $3bn in revenue this year – the US is …

Techland’s Dying light won’t arrive in 2014 after all. PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC title will now arrive in February next year after the developers said they needed a few extra months. After careful consideration, we have decided to release our upcoming game in February 2015,” the …

Wii U exclusive Bayonetta 2 is still due out in 2014. As part of its investor presentation Nintendo named both Bayonetta 2 and Monolith Soft’s X as part of Wii U’s 2014 release schedule for Europe, America and Japan. The Nintendo published title was announced in 2012. In June last …

The PC games sector may be dominant worldwide, but consoles are the real power in the UK and will remain so for years to come, says DFC Intelligence. The analysts revealed last week that on a global scale, PC gaming revenue had overtaken the console market. But whilst that might …

Lead software engineer to work on new entry in 'well-loved franchise'

Bethesda has confirmed that the PS4 and Xbox One versions of The Elder Scrolls Online have been delayed by around six months. This follows this morning’s leak, when the same information was posted on the game’s FAQ. We continue to work on the console versions of ESO, and game development …

Only a handful of PC gamesare breaking through at UK retail, says publisher NCSoft. But the company is confident that its newest MMO WildStar will win over fans on the High Street after seeing impressive pre-orders, and a strong reaction to the beta. In fact, the firm says WildStar should …

The often unpopular light bar on the DualShock 4 controller was included at the request of the team working on the VR Project Morpheus headset. While PS4’s recent 1.7 update allowed users for the first time to dim the controller’s in-built light, Sony has doggedly refused requests from users to …