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South Park: The Stick of Truth maintained its position this week on Steam’s best sellers chart, once again finishing ahead of DayZ for the top spot. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive jumped to the third spot, thanks to a discount promotion; while Dark Souls II finished in fourth. Early access title Planet …

Naughty Dog’s PS3-exclusive The Last of Us has surpassed 6m copies sold, Sony has announced. The game sold 3.4m units in just its first three weeks of availability, and has added another 2.6m sales in the seven months since. The announcement came as part of a post on Naughty Dog’s …

Sony has increased the cost of its PlayStation 4 console by $50 at Canadian retailers. A Sony rep confirmed the price bump to the Toronto Sun, stating that the increase is already in effect and in response to "changes in the market environment." The price of the hardware has gone …

Reflections, NaturalMotion and Rockstar North are on the hunt for programmers and designers

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Flippfly’s minimalistic endless runner Race the Sun is getting the PlayStation treatment. Having been released on PC last year and more recently on Steam, the game is now due for release on PS4, PS3 and Vita this summer. It will be a cross-but title and also support cross-save. There’s just …

Retailer GAME has been named as the exclusive stockist of a new Skylanders figure. The Enchanted Lightcore Star Strike is available in GAME stores from today (March 14th) priced at 11.99. GAME is also offering consumers the chance to buy any two Swapforce characters – including Star Strike – and …

Retail giant plotting to launch its own media streaming box to challenge Apple TV and Ouya

Ensure your smart device is fully equipped to keep you organised in San Francisco

Having become one of the most discussed games this month on iOS, Threes has now arrived on Android. It works by seeing players combine 1 and 2 numbered cards into a single 3 card. These can then be combined together to form a 6 and the 6s to make a …