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An event later this week could well be the launch platform for Amazon’s long-rumoured Android console. The retail and media giant has been sending out press invites for a gathering in New York on Wednesday (April 2nd) at which it will offer an "update for our video business". All signs …

Axis Animation MD Richard Scott discusses Scotland’s international reputation and just what the firm is up to

Despite Facebook’s entry into the virtual reality market doesn’t mean the sector won’t be led by indie developers. That’s according to Sony Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, who told Polygon that pitching the idea of new tech to indies is proving more successful than trying to lure the big console publishers. …

UPDATE:Sunder Electronics has also announced an official price drop forDon Bradman Cricket 14 from Rs 4,299 to Rs 3,999. Customers who had preordered the game at the earlier price will receive a refund for the difference amount from retailers, the distributor said. Original story:In light of street date breaks across …

Patrick Redding working on unannounced title at Montreal studio

Sony’s PS4 exclusive InFamous: Second Son has managed a second consecutive week as UKIE GfK Chart-Track No.1. The superhero title saw sales slip 67 per cent week on week, but that was still enough to fend off Konami’s Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, which itself saw sales fall 64 …

'We're on the cusp of what I think is not the next big platform, but rather simply the final platform'

Last week – after a four year journey – tax relief for UK games studios was confirmed. The UK games industry has long campaigned for tax relief for video games to help compete with the likes of Canada, which has been securing investment and attracting British talent with its generous …

A new Metro bundle looks likely to be heading to both next-gen consoles. AllGamesBeta grabbed a pair of images from Italian website Everyeye.it that mention a SKU called Metro Redux for PS4, Xbox One and PC. The images mention both 2010 title Metro 2033 and its 2013 sequel Metro: Last …

Digital distributor 7 Entertainment has been found to be reselling PC keys obtained from Humble Bundle. Game Informer reports some developers have confirmed that 7 Entertainment’s sites such as Fast2Play, Kinguin and G2Play are currently offering codes that were originally supplied to Humble. Effectively this means that the codes – …