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A pair of Valve classics have launched on Google Play, though they’re exclusive to Nvidia Shield devices. The two companies revealed in a joint announcement that both Half-Life 2 and Portal can now be purchased from Google’s store for Nvidia’s handheld. "Nvidia has done a remarkable job bringing both Half-Life …

PC and consoles indie title Sanctum 2 has earned around 95 per cent of its revenue from Steam, according to developer Coffee Stain Studios. In a postmortem on Gamasutra, Coffee Stain’s Johannes Aspeby explains that the simultaneous console launch on Xbox 360 and PS3 hardware only caused the developer additional …

A trio of EA’s top executives have sold off either all or a significant portion of their company shares, according to new SEC filings from the firm. GameSpot highlights the filing, which states executive vice president Patrick Soderlund and general counsel Stephen Bene have sold off all of their stock …

But insists it cannot retroactively make changes to game

2K Games was only convinced to release WWE 2K 14 last year after the wrestling organisation agreed to reduce its royalties. That’s according to CageSideSeats.com, which has word from the Wrestling Observer newsletter writer Dave Meltzer that the publisher instead wanted to hold back its first WWE title since its …

Blizzard has confirmed a release date for Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition on PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. It has been pencilled in for August 19th, which could well translate to August 22nd in the UK. The developer has also confirmed that those who already own the current …

Sony’s upcoming PS4 racer will employ microtransactions, despite the director previously describing the payment model as a ‘plague’. It’s been a hot topic of late inside gaming, and we’ve been very keen to take on board the feedback from gamers and make sure we don’t upset anyone," DriveClub director Paul …

Japanese publisher Capcom has said that it is looking to up the number of women in senior management roles. Capcom is fully recognising the importance of diversity of human resources in recent years while actively utilizing female workers and making evaluations according to performance and not based on gender, age …

MCM has teamed up with the Electronic Sports League to launch what it hopes will be one of the biggest eSports events. At this month’s MCM Expo, ESL will run League of Legends invitational and open tournaments in an area at the event, which takes place at London Excel. The …

Sony Computer Entertainment president and group CEO Andrew House has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the Develop in Brighton Conference, along with PS4 lead system architect andDevelopment Legend winnerMark Cerny. The two will give a conversation keynote entitled 20 Years of PlayStation, 40 Years of Console Games and …