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Ubisoft’s critically applauded platformer Rayman Legends will arrives on PS4 and Xbox One earlier than expected. The publisher has confirmed that the game will now be available on February 21st, a week earlier than previously expected. This means it will no longer have the share the limelight with Square Enix’s …

Nintendo has revealed that combined eShop and retail sales of 3DS games hit 16m units in 2013. That represents a year-on-year increase of 45 per cent, Polygon reports. Furthermore, the combined lifetimes unit sales of 3DS, 3DS XL and 2DS have now hit 11.5m in the US. "Nintendo 3DS is …

The viability of a new free alternative to Nvidia’s new variable refresh rate tech G-Sync has been questioned by the PC hardware firm. Rival AMD took to CES this week to reveal FreeSync – a new technology that apes G-Sync’s ability to synchronise the refresh rates of a monitor and …

Having been released on the Apple App Store yesterday, Sega has now pulled Rhythm Thief & The Paris Caper from sale. An unexpected problem has been discovered in the version of Rhythm Thief that was available yesterday on the Apple App Store, so we have removed it temporarily from the …

Climax Studios’s Gary Welch discusses the key skills needed for his role in animation

2K Czech is set to close its Prague studio and will lay off a number of staff, the publisher has confirmed. As reported byEurogamer, some of the studio’s employees are being relocated to its Brno office. Ten "key" development staff from the Czech offices are also being transferred to the …

3D development platform features built-in level design tools and new renderer built on OpenGL 4.0

UK online retailer ShopTo says it is enjoying its most successful year on record. The firm told MCV that it has already matched the turnover achieved in its previous financial year in just five months. It said that Chart-Track figures show it has tripled its console market share and almost …

Former LucasArts creative lead Tim Longo joins Halo studio as Nicolas Bouvier heads up art team

UPDATED: PS4 was the No.1 console in revenue terms. In unit terms, 3DS was the No.1 games console followed by Xbox 360. PlayStation 4 is the UK’s biggest home games console of 2013. Sony’s new machine sold over 530,000 consoles in just five weeks generating 181.4m, making it the fastest …