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Middleware house believes new service could have major time and cost-saving potential

UK game industry trade body TIGA has criticised PEGI for its punitive” pricing policy for game ratings that it claims is hurting small studios. Currently developers have to pay a fee for a game content rating every time they release a title on a different console, even if the content …

Naming and shaming is normally prohibited on The Elder Scrolls Online’s boards. But rules are made to be broken. Bethesda owner Zenimax has taken the unusual step of urging users to actively name and shame anyone who they suspect of trying to proliferate the growing black market for the game’s …

Tommy Tallarico wants a family of four to be able to afford tickets to his video games extravaganza

Microsoft has confirmed that The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is now officially available on both Xbox consoles in the US. The game appeared digitally on Xbox Live yesterday – that’s despite being delayed indefinitely earlier this month for reasons that were never revealed. Activision said at the time that it was …

Tommy Tallarico on the greatest honour for a game composer, bringing video game music to the mainstream and why he wants everyone to be able to afford tickets to the VGL shows

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 …