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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 …

Update: The price of theXbox 360 version ofCastlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 has been revised to Rs 3,699. Indian prices for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 have been announced, and are lower than we’d have expected from a Konami title. The PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will be available at …

Minecraft has reached new sales heights again this week, thanks to another milestone for the original version on Windows and Mac. Creator Markus Persson, better known as Notch, announced on Twitter that the unstoppable indie title had reached 14m sold on PC. The game has now sold (conservatively) more than …

Flipkart is now selling two variants of the Wii U at the same price as the PlayStation 4 – Rs 39,990. These aren’t just the standard Wii U consoles though – the retailer has listed the Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD Limited Edition bundle and the Mario & Luigi …

Watch Dogs is still in development and will still be called Watch Dogs, despite a fraud attack on the trademark today. Eagle eyed Neogaf users spotted that Ubisoft had abandoned the Watch Dogs trademark, but this was not a move something instigated by the publisher, the firm has told MCV. …

GTA Online was the single largest contributor to Take-Two’s digital revenue over the three months to Christmas, the firm has told MCV. The company revealed that the free online game – which was bundled with GTA V but released later – has been a huge success, despite a slow start …

Take-Two has smashed its predicted earnings and has raised its outlook as GTA V shipments surpass 32.5m. The firm’s Q3 revenue (Non-GAAP) has reached $767.7m (470m) (GAAP revenue hit 1.86bn), with a net income of $578m. The results are primarily down to the performance of GTA V and Grand Theft …

Ex-Ubisoft employees using real-world photographs to create 3D levels in-game

The founding family of Nintendo will offer up its shares as the platform holder prepares to detail its share buyback scheme tomorrow. Bloomberg reports that the Yamauchi family will sell part of its holdings in the company – estimated to comprise around ten per cent in total – as part …