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Konami producer Koji Igarashi has announced his exit from the Japanese video game publisher. Igarashi – credited on over a dozen Castlevania releases – informed Polygon on the news of his departure, stating his intention to start his own indie studio. "I’ve decided to break out on my own to …

GDC 2014: Untold Games’ ambitious motion-controlled VR adventure picks up two prizes at Game Connection America

Igarashi says he wants the ‘freedom to make the kind of games’ he wants to make

Ex-Vanguard designer Sander van der Vegte heading up division

GDC 2014: Raft of new features added to Google's games service

The developer behind Sega’s upcoming Sonic Boom has admitted that its Western-friendly designs for the game were tough for Sonic Team to stomach. The game, developed by Western studio Big Red Button, was revealed last month and drew immediate criticism for the way in which it had adapted the look …

Titles purchased from Good Old Games will cost the same no matter where you are in the world when you purchase them. That’s the message from GOG after the digital retailer announced that it is to abandon previously announced plans to vary the pricing of its titles in different regions. …

Another week, another story of Twitch doing something pretty cool. The video streaming giant has teamed up with mobile developer Gameloft to allow gamers to livestream footage from new iOS game Asphalt 8: Airborne. Twitch says it is the first time this has happened and is being promoted via a …

Cult Atari arcade IP Gauntlet is returning. Warner Bros is behind the reboot which is heading for Steam on Windows and SteamOS this summer. The game fronts the launch of what is being called WB Games Vault, described as a direct-to-digital portfolio that will deliver paid games based on popular …

Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes won’t offer players the chance to gain a Platinum Trophy on PS4 or PS3. That’s because, as explained by creator Hideo Kojima on Twitter, Sony doesn’t allow for Platinum Trophies in budget releases. Ground Zeroes costs 19.99 on current-gen and 29.99 on next-gen. What …