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Following a seemingly endless string of delays, Ubisoft has announced that South Park: The Stick of Truth has at last gone gold. The game is due out on March 4th–and with development actually finished, that date will hopefully hold up this time around. The title suffered its latest (and apparently …

Boston-based development studio Turbine has been hit with a round of layoffs this week, publisher Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment has confirmed. The company told CVG they layoffs were part of its normal business process,” and the result of strategic alignment.” Unfortunately, in order for us to invest in growth areas …

The figure GAME may have to pay if it loses its court case with its landlords is 3m, not the ‘tens of millions’ as originally reported in the national press. The firm made the statement on record at a court hearing today in an effort to calm fears that this …

The latest entry in the Kincect Sports series is coming to Xbox One in April. Microsoft has announced Kinect Sports Rivals will debut in the UK on April 11th, while an April 8th launch is set for North America, Australia and New Zealand. The game features a range of sports …

Clash of Clans publisher Supercell has lifted the lid on its third title – Boom Beach. The game, which is currently in beta in Canada and Australia, will be released on iOS in March and on Android some time after that. "We’ve made some risky choices,” Supercell CEO Ilkka Paananen …

Anita Sarkeesian and Riot Games' co-founders to receive special honours at this year’s GDC Awards

Third party app store provider Getjar has been acquired by Chinese firm Sungy Mobile. VentureBeat reports that the cash deal was worth $5.3m. Conditional share offers could see that value climb to over $50m. Sungy, which went public three months ago, is best known for its range of Go Android …

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UK developer Facepunch Studios has banned 4,621 players from its open-world survival game Rust using its own anti-cheat software, CheatPunch. The cheat detection tool started running during the weekend, kicking thousands of users from official servers and notifying them of permanent bans from the game. Developer Garry Newman said CheatPunch …

Listings for phones and tablets carrying the now-deleted Flappy Bird have been pulled from auction site eBay. The Guardian reports that users who had listed such items are being told that they violated the site’s T&C’s. Smartphones and tablets must be restored to factory settings before they are allowed to …