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Steam is to introduce a brand new bit of functionality – Steam Music. It’s not a brand new store front selling music, however. Instead the functionality offers users the chance to integrate their music collection into their Steam library. The key here is that gamers will be able to listen …

Book your place now to hear Creative Assembly reveal how its new game will bring Alien to life

Delayed open-world title will still release under the same name, publisher insists

Nissan today revealed details of GT Academy for India, a programme that turns Gran Turismo players on PS3 into international pro racing drivers. GT Academy is in its sixth year, but the Indian edition will be the first one to also include live events, where participants can enter the competition. …

Oscar Clark offers the case for the defence for IAPs and why the issues lie with game design decisions, not the business model itself

A single system combining both home and handheld consoles could be the future of Nintendo’s hardware business. That’s according to president Saturo Iwata. Although the exec admits that he’s not personally convinced by the idea, he does say in an investor Q&A that the company could pursue such a strategy …

Nintendo IS releasing enough first party games to propel its platforms forward. That’s the message from senior MD Shigeru Miyamoto, who when accused of releasing insufficient titles to support Wii U told investors: I interpret the question as asking whether we are making the same mistake every time we launch …

Nintendo’s financial plans for the year ahead have not been designed to accommodate a Wii U price drop. President Saturo Iwata said last week that a price drop for the console was not an option”. Now he has told investors that the company’s business strategy for the year ahead was …

Designer Cliff Bleszinski’s upcoming project may look to go the Kickstarter route, the industry veteran has revealed. Speaking with GamerHub, Epic’s former design director teased that some concrete info on his new effort should arrive in the next month or two. "Expect some news hopefully in the next 4-6 weeks," …

The next chapter in the new season of The Walking Dead is likely to arrive sometime later in February. The developer teased on Twitter that the impending release of The Walking Dead: Season Two’s second episode is just around the corner” – providing an image of protagonist Clementine and the …