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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn has registered more than 2m player accounts, Square Enix has announced. Gematsu reports on the milestone, which was reached upon this week’s PlayStation 4 release of the MMO. Square announced in 2013 that PS3 players would gain full access to the PS4 version at …

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New HQ includes a full studio so UK developers can stream their content live over the broadcasting platform

What do vegan zombies eat? Graaaaaaaiiiiiiiinnnns. That news aside, Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead: Season Two has at last got a release date on PlayStation Vita. The game will be available to download from PSN on Wednesday April 23rd. Each of the two available episodes will cost 3.99 each, or …

King will launch its world-conquering Candy Crush Saga in China this year thanks to a new deal with Tencent. The localised game will be available through Tencent’s Mobile QQ and Weixin Game Centers. I am thrilled to be launching Candy Crush Saga with Tencent in China,” King CEO Riccardo Zacconi …

Sony wants to prove to the world that virtual reality is not just for hardcore gamers playing on their own. The platform holder revealed its VR headset – Project Morpheus – at the Games Developer Conference last month. It even showed off a number of demos including a diving simulation …

Watch out EA, Activision and Take-Two, Ubisoft says its new IP will go toe-to-toe with the biggest games of the year. Watch Dogs launches next month and is hotly tipped to be the biggest selling title of 2014 so far. Ubisoft is already preparing future sequels and the firm’s Wayne …

Social media giant King says it does not feel the pressure to make another Candy Crush-sized hit. The firm had a mixed start to life as a publically-traded company, with analysts criticising the firm’s over-reliance on Candy Crush. But King’s games guru Tommy Palm says there’s no need to find …

Games video giant Twitch has finally opened a full European base on Carnaby Street in London. It comes as Twitch tells MCV it has doubled its UK traffic to 2m unique users over the last 12 months. The company’s new ten-man European team includes former GameSpot account director Michael Thomas, …

Upcoming 1.70 console update adds new video editing tool and auto downloads for game pre-orders