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Tactical RPG could confuse consumers and damage business, claims Candy Crush firm

Nintendo has confirmed that the delayed Pokemon Bank service has been officially launched in some regions. Specifically, Nintendo of America confirmed its availability in certain Asian countries”, adding that updates on availability in other regions” will follow at some point in the future. The 3DS app was supposed to launch …

Listings for a PC version of Grand Theft Auto V have appeared on two of Amazon’s websites. DualShockers spotted pages for the game on both Amazon Germany and Amazon France. The latter has been pulled, but the German listing is still active. The game remains officially unannounced but the body …

Square Enix has announced that an Android version of last year’s Deus Ex: The Fall is now available to buy on Google Play. The iOS edition of the game hit the App Store last year and now Android fans can get their hands on. The Fall was developed by Eidos …

Candy Crush Saga maker King is now targeting the maker of a recently released indie strategy game on Steam. It was revealed yesterday that the company is trying to trademark the word ‘candy’ for use in the video games market. Now it appears that it is also trying to protect …

BNDeNA will cease operations on March 31 after four years without a hit

PlayStation Plus a plus for indie game developer

Mobile publisher boasts $360 million in revenues for 2013

A pair of indie studios led by a trio of industry veterans have launched a Kickstarter campaign for 2D action side-scroller, To the Death. Representing Scary Monstro, Todd Alderman and Francesco Gigliotti previously served as lead designer and engineer (respectively) at Infinity Ward – specifically on the Call of Duty …

Indie developer Klei Entertainment has revealed its open world survival horror game Don’t Starve has accumulated 1m players on the PC platform alone. Speaking with Edge, Klei’s Corey Rollins revealed the figure was actually reached ahead of the title’s release on PS4. Well before the end of 2013 we had …