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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 …

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

Xbox 360’s Kinect camera was identified by British spy agency GCHQ as a possible tool for snooping on the public. As part of new documents revealing that webcam images of Yahoo users have been captured by governments, The Guardian also reveals that one of GCHQ’s presentations discusses with interest the …

Namco Bandai has revealed pre-orders for Dark Souls II are 50 per cent up on its predecessor. And this is before the publisher’s main ad campaign kicks in. The firm has put a massive 1m into marketing the game to a mainstream audience. We have everything going for Dark Souls …

Fears of a negative sales impact mean that it’s likely to be some time before a triple-A game is released featuring an openly gay character. That’s according to Ubisoft Montreal’s lead writer Lucien Soulban. So when are we going to see that gay protagonist in a triple-A game? Not for …

Payday 2 performs strongly to generate profits after accumulated company losses of £8.8m in previous 15 years

Starbreeze has revealed the extent of its remarkable turnaround. Joystiq reports that the studio’s CEO Bo Andersson-Klint has revealed that between 1998 and 2013 the developer incurred a loss of KR 94m ($14.43m). In its last two quarters it has, thanks to the introduction of a new business model and …