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Twitch Plays Pokemon – a livestreamed crowd-play event with thousands of individuals attempting to control and play through one game – has ended in triumph, and a new journey is already underway. According to this TPP stats page, the game lasted a bit over 16 days and saw 36m total …

Banished has once again topped Steam’s best sellers chart, besting DayZ for the second week in a row. The city-building strategy game fished ahead of Bohemia’s Early Access hit, with the new Thief title finishing right behind in third. South Park: The Stick of Truth rose to fourth ahead of …

Rental and retail giant Blockbuster UK is still dead, says the company’s US licence holder. Earlier this week, Jack FM owner Crash Entertainment posted on its website that it had acquired the Blockbuster brand, would be launching 10 High Street shops and rebranding existing stores, and putting a Blockbuster video-on-demand …

Joe Danger devs seeks ‘fresh talent from outside video games’ to work on its hotly anticipated sci-fi title

Nordic has announced that Darksiders II is once again available on the Wii U eShop. The game vanished a little under a year ago following THQ’s demise but following Nordic’s acquisition of the IP last year has now been re-added to Nintendo’s digital offer. The news was confirmed in a …

UPDATE 3: Since posting this story, Blockbuster owner Dish Network has denied it has licensed the Blockbuster name to Crash. ORIGINAL STORY: The Blockbuster name is returning to the UK High Street courtesy of Crash Entertainment. The Jack FM owner has licensed the Blockbuster name from owner Dish for retail …

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One of Vita’s recent breakout hits is to receive a release on PC. Roll7’s OlliOlli, which arrived on Sony’s portable last month, will be published on PC courtesy of Devolver. The game, which can best be thought of as a back-to-basics side-scrolling affair in the style of early Tony Hawk …

The Scottish studio's co-founder on how he got into the game industry, and how you can too

Free-to-play isn’t evil, but the practices that surround it are seriously questionable