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Microsoft has confirmed that the Xbox One will launch in China this September. It looks like it will be the first console from ‘the big three’ to arrive in the potentially lucrative territory since the Chinese government lifted its ban on foreign made game consoles. BesTV New Media is the …

Minecraft’s PC version has sold 15m copies, creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson has announced. The figure was confirmed by Notch on Twitter – adding to the 21m Pocket Edition sales, and another 12m Xbox 360 sales totaled earlier this month. The game is also out on PS3, already selling 1m copies …

Ubisoft has revealed the innards of the DLC season pass offering for its upcoming multi-platform release Watch Dogs. The pass will cost $19.99 and includes a variety of downloadable add-ons – including is a new single-player campaign centered around character T-Bone, along with three other single-player mission content drops. Conspiracy …

Respawn co-founder Vince Zampella has formed a new studio that will will focus on developing games for smartphones and tablets. Nuclear Division is a joint venture between Zampella – who plans to remain on full-time at Respawn – and Larry Pacey of WMS gaming. Speaking with Venture Beat, Zampella explained …

Console firm running special E3 edition of Nintendo Direct instead

Sony has finally nailed down a release date for former PS4 launch title Driveclub. The game will be out on October 10th in the UK, October 8th in Europe and October 7th in North America. That means it’s due to arrive the same week as big-hitting rivals such as Alien: …

The Facial animation firm has conceived a new offering for indies and mobile teams. Peter Busch tells Develop what it delivers

Nintendo will for the second year running not hold a press conference at E3. Instead, it will air an E3 video news broadcast that will further detail about the gaming experiences on the way for Nintendo platforms in 2014 and beyond”. The video will go out at 5pm UK time …

Richard Wilson says cost of ratings for multi-platform game releases puts indies and European developers at disadvantage

Nvidia and Ubisoft’s close relationship has led to another graphics card bundle offer. As of today anyone who buys a Nvidia GeForce GTX TITAN, 780 Ti, 780, 770, 760, 690, 680, 670, 660 Ti or 660 graphics card will get a free PC download code for Watch Dogs, which it …