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Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog sounds out its predictions for the coming year in games

Update: Konami has now removed the region-lock on the Steam version of Revengeance, and the game is now available for purchase digitally at $30. Original story: The PC version of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, which releases internationally today, won’t receive a retail release in India. Origin Games, Konami’s Indian distributor, …

An Xbox 360 and PS3 version of Slender: The Arrival will be released in Q1 of this year. The game is a fully-fledged commercial version of the utterly terrifying free PC release Slender: Eight Pages. Arrival will on consoles be published by Majesco’s indie label Midnight City and contain two …

Konami has confirmed that PES 2015 will be released on PS4. It has not, however, confirmed its release on Xbox One. Specifically, having confirmed the PS4 version on Twitter it then went on to answer a question about possible releases on Xbox One and Wii U by saying: "We don’t …

International HR specialist Anne Grovu joins online game developer, 100 jobs to be added this year

Analytics firm adds new cross-country rank history tool

Virtual reality headset maker hiring developers for internal projects

Toki Tori developer Two Tribes had reduced its staff down to the studio’s original founders, officially shutting down the 13 year old studio and letting go of eight staff members in the process. The Netherlands-based developer explained in a blog post that a fresh start was necessary, as the old …

Sony’s PlayStation Now announcement shouldn’t be viewed as a preview of the brand’s future, according to SCEA’s marketing vice president John Koller. Koller explained to CVG that the freshly unveiled cloud-gaming service is an exciting prospect for Sony, but that doesn’t mean it will end up being the future of …

Secondary school aims to plug gaps in maths and science education