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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

Sony’s first big PS4 exclusive of the year – Infamous: Second Son – debuts at the top of its European online store. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes sits in second place. The prologue to the upcoming Phantom Pain was priced cheaper on PlayStation UK’s online outlet than in physical …

Scottish games developers could lose the tax breaks they fought so hard for, if the country was to go independent. On September 18th, Scotland’s population will vote whether to become an independent country or not. If they decided yes, then Scotland would need to set up their own tax system, …

Infinity Ward is keeping its film-themed DLC going for Call of Duty Ghosts. The studio has teased a Predator cross-over as part of its new DLC pack Devastation, which launches next week (April 3rd) on all platforms. The teaser, posted on Instagram, features the familiar clicks of the Predator, some …

Another high ranking Naughty Dog employee working on the next Uncharted game has left the studio. Uncharted 4 Game Director Justin Richmond has departed the firm to work for League of Legends developer Riot Games. It follows the departure of creative director Amy Hennig, who was also a veteran of …

Sandyloisa’s follow up to the multi-award winning Save the Dummy is Bricks and Minions, a ragdoll adventure game”. That game tasks players with clearing the level of bricks of varying gravity orientation by shooting minions out of a canon. Players must use different gravity orientation to their advantage to clear …

Roto is a simple game about big balls. That’s the official tag line for this upcoming mobile game, the basic premise of which is still being kept under wraps. What started out as a Global Student Game Developer Competition 2014 entry developed over 24 hours by a group of DSK …