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Last week in a shock announcement, Take-Two and Ken Levine announced that Irrational Games – the studio behind BioShock – was being closed. It sent shockwaves around the industry, how could such a talented studio simply be destroyed? And then the opinions started to fly: It was Ken Levine’s fault. …

Former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has been appointed as head of Microsoft’s devices and studios business. The appointment was expected following rumours earlier this month. Current devices and studios boss Julie Larson-Green is to assume the new role of chief experience officer for the applications and services group. You are …

Zombies Indie House has snapped up an honourable mention award at the Tizen App Challenge for its game, ‘Meanwhile, In A Parallel Universe’, and a handsome $40,000 cheque to go with it. Over $4 million in cash prizes were up for grabs in the Tizen App Challenge across nine game …

Comedy writers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are set to write and co-direct a movie adaptation of Blake J. Harris’s upcoming book, Console Wars. Rogen and Goldberg’s credits include penning the scripts of comedy films Superbad and Knocked Up. Polygonfurther reports that Sony Pictures will assist with the development of …

Eve Online and Dust 514 designer Craig Scott has joined free-to-play studio Bigpoint to take the reigns on a new unannounced MMO. The studio announced the appointment on its site, with Bigpoint CEO Khaled Helioui stating that Scott will work on a new breed of MMO.” Scott’s CCP days saw …

Culture Minister expects European Commission to make an announcement about UK games tax relief 'very soon'

The WWE Network app has arrived on PS3, PS4, and Xbox 360 consoles, the professional wrestling company has announced. The subscription-based service, revealed back in January, packs access to over a thousand hours of on-demand video content across WWE’s lifetime. Along with classic WWE/WWF match-ups, archives include WCW and ECW …

Oculus has said that it is not currently manufacturing its Rift virtual reality headsets. A component shortage has forced everything to grind to a halt as for the time being Oculus is only supplying a limited number of countries – the US, Canada, the EU, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Switzerland …

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Microsoft has said a fix to the Xbox One’s TV video stutter in Europe is just weeks away. It was revealed in November that users attempting to watch PAL TV through their consoles were experiencing judder caused by the difference between the machine’s 60Hz output and the 50Hz picture broadcast …