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Naughty Dog has lost a second significant staff member in as many months, with The Last of Us art director Nate Wells departing the studio to join Giant Sparrow. Games Industry reports Wells lists himself as the new art director for Giant Sparrow – the studio behind 2012 PS3-exclusive Unfinished …

DayZ bested Dark Souls II pre-orders to claim the top spot on this week’s Steam top ten sellers chart. Bohemia’s open world survival game continues to set the pace, even months after its Early Access release. Dark Souls II should have enough gusto to overtake it in the coming week …

Over the history of games there have been technology advancements that happened before their time. Sega’s Dreamcast and its online gaming, for instance. Or Nokia’s NGage and its efforts to marry the worlds of mobile phones and portable gaming. Great ideas that would eventually transform the games industry, but at …

It’s cheaper to buy a boxed game with a digital code inside than to just buy the code, says online retailer GamePointsNow. The firm’s MD Simon Ward says publishers are charging retailers more for digital games than physical ones as it eliminates the cost of stock holding and removes the …

The tech firm discusses its open source ambitions with this new free development tool

Raw processing power has been named as the reason why Nintendo decided against releasing NES Remix or NES Remix 2. One of the easiest ways to answer that is to say, ‘I was working on 3D World, which was developed on Wii U,” series director Koichi Hayashida told IGN when …

Tech and retail giants seek exclusives for smartphones, tablets and microconsoles

EA has confirmed a release date for BioWare’s upcoming RPG Dragon Age: Inquisition. The Frostbite 3 powered game will be released on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC on October 7th, as per the end of a new trailer that you can see below. Note of course that, …

Square Enix is to once again merge its Theatrhythm and Final Fantasy IPs in a new release on Nintendo 3DS. The game includes three times the songs and two times the characters seen in 2012 predecessor Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy and will also add new game modes. Music is an integral …

Nathan Wells heads to Giant Sparrow, while actor Todd Stashwick also leaves role on Uncharted 4