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Valve has taken measures to try and quell the carnage caused by the Steam Tagging system. Last week the digital service introduced the ability for users to add custom tags to games. The result? A host of titles instantly became associated with mean, abusive and spoiler-ridden tags. Now Valve has …

PS4 release will render at 1080p resolution and run at 60fps

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Developer Renegade Kid has revealed a surprising statistic about its action platformer Mutant Mudds Deluxe. The game, which is available on 3DS, Wii U, PSN and Steam has enjoyed its strongest sales on Nintendo’s machines. NintendoEverything reports that the Wii U sales better the combined sales of both PSN and …

Unannounced project running on Unreal Engine 4

Assassin’s Creed is the latest video game franchise to receive the Mega Bloks treatment. Mega Brands and Ubisoft today announced the partnership to introduce a line of Assassin’s Creed construction sets, which will launch in autumn this year. It will join the existing range of Mega Bloks products based on …

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has confirmed that it was last week the victim of a hack that compromised some user data. The breach occurred last Wednesday (February 12th) and saw hackers gain unauthorised access to some customer data including usernames, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers and encrypted passwords. Fortunately, no …

NewBay Media Europe announces replacement for Develop founder Stuart Dinsey

Intent Media has revealed that Mark Burton is its new MD as of today (February 17th). Burton joins from Incisive Media’s Insurance Group where he worked as group publishing director. Former employers include VNU Business Media. Mark is an accomplished media executive with an impressive track record,” NewBay Media CEO …

FIFA 14 has been knocked off the top of the UK charts by The LEGO Movie Videogame. Warner’s licensed outing is the sixth LEGO game to reach the UK top spot, with the last being LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes last year. Chart-Track adds that one eighth of the …