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Microsoft confirms chief product officer’s departure, ending a 14-year career at the platform holder

Ubisoft’s free-to-play shooter Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online will officially release next month, the publisher has announced. The game will launch on Steam April 10th, under the new title Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Phantoms. The rename is to mark the game’s shift in art direction, revamped matchmaking system, and other …

Online payment processing firm PayPal is working with crowdfunding creators to distinguish between campaigns that are pre-selling merchandise and those that are more strictly for fundraising. Chief risk officer Tomer Barel detailed the new rules via PayPal’s site, specifically highlighting that crowdfunding campaigns now may proceed without interruption of payment …

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. …