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A 75 per cent discount on Batman: Arkham Origins has the game ahead of the rest on the latest Steam top ten sales chart. WB’s licensed title finished ahead of DayZ for the top spot over the past week on Valve’s digital distribution hub. South Park: The Stick of Truth …

Sega’s upcoming horror game Alien Isolation will reach UK shelves this October. To be more specific, the Xbox One, PS4, PC, PS3 and 360 game will launch October 7th in the UK. The first person game is inspired by the original Ridley Scott movie from 1979 as opposed to their …

Justin Richmond heads to Riot Games

Microsoft has revealed what its new Kinect for Windows looks like… and it looks exactly the same as the Xbox One version. Well, actually, it is sightly different. The shiny Xbox logo has been replaced with a basic light dot. And it says the word ‘Kinect’ on the top. The …

Comprehensive guide is published in June, showcasing top tech and tools in video games development

Worms creator's mysterious new brand is Lemmings meets Tim Burton. Apparently.

The Xbox 360 version of Mojang’s Minecraft is once again top of the UK Xbox Live charts. The title has been in the Top Ten every week in 2014 to date, and has been No.1 seven times this year. In second place is 505’s Terraria, which has also been in …

Indian cricket is once again in the news for all the wrong reasons. Players, ex-players and administrators at every level are at the centre of controversy involving accusations of betting, match-fixing, and conflict of interest. While the ICC World T20 tournament continues, India’s cricketing machinery has come to a standstill, …

Future is fast-tracking its plans to move its print operations to the UK. All US print brands, including consumer marketing, production and – significantly – editorial leadership will be centralised in the UK office (there will be some localised contribution from the US). The US arm will now focus solely …

Scottish Government would need to seek approval from European Commission for incentives