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Pre-owned games are currently available for 75 per cent off at HMV stores. That’s according to pro discount spotting site FrugalGaming, which says that all UK stores have been told to offload all their second hand games ASAP. It adds that as of March 5th pre-owned games have been withdrawn …

Publisher looking at modality of play and how this could work on VR

Sony is once again altering the cover art for PS3 games. As spotted by IGN, the blue makeover was revealed via the box for Tecmo Koei’s Deception IV. Sony has since confirmed that all PS3 games will from this point boast the same look. This means that PS4, PS4 and …

Situated in West Yorkshire, the University of Huddersfield has been teaching students the ins and outs of games art and programming for almost ten years. “We try to make sure the course is always current. We work closely with industry partners and are always open to making necessary adjustments so …

The industry this morning is totally respecting the authoritah of Ubisoft’s South Park: The Stick of Truth after it claimed the charts top spot. The Obsidian-developed title is the first RPG to debut at No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 since 2013’s Ni No Kuni: Wrath …

Rovio has unveiled a new addition to the Angry Birds franchise, releasing a short medieval-themed video teasing the new effort. The video (embedded below) shows one of the birds in a full suit of armor, with the YouTube description adding: Perhaps the most Epic soft launch ever – whatever that …

US Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners could soon see political advertisements appearing on the Xbox Live dashboard, according to a new report. The Washington Post reports Microsoft representatives were spotted handing out promo materials during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this month in Washington DC. The distributed …

South Park: The Stick of Truth has emerged the victor for Steam’s latest weekly sales chart, beating out DayZ and Banished for the top spot. Ubisoft’s RPG based on the long-running cartoon benefited from its launch last week, but had been a list regular for the past month or two …

Senior producer Dominic Guay confesses that the game 'could have shipped'

It’s a brave new next-gen world out there, and with it comes a new era in higher-price trade-in prices. GameStop has revealed a part-exchange offer for the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Watch Dogs, but the retailer is asking for an unusually high 14.97 from interested punters. To take …