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13 of the upcoming Steam Machines have at last been detailed, including one from gaming PC specialist Alienware. Alienware’s device is apparently a result of a four-year collaboration with Valve and is designed to combine the ease of a console with the freedom of a PC”. "We have been working …

Quick – sell 1.35bn consoles before the government changes its mind! A leading news agency is reporting that the world’s most populated country has lifted its sales ban on foreign made games consoles. Reuters reports that China’s State Council has temporarily lifted the ban” which has until now been in …

Agent 47 lives on and WILL be gracing PS4 and Xbox One. It was reported yesterday the Square Enix’s next-gen Hitman project had been cancelled and that the IP would in future be focusing on smartphones. This, however, is not the case. There’s a bit of confusion around the Hitman …

Oscar Clark analyses when and how developers can use analytics to assist game design

PS4 is back in stock this week, Sony says. The platform holder has taken advertising in the national papers today to reveal that customers can now buy its next-gen console from games retailers across the UK. GAME has already told consumers that it is now offering both PS4 and Xbox …

Man who helped shape genre heading to Kickstarter for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen

Strong sales continue for Microsoft's new console

Game's creator says success could accelerate development

Steam’s Early Access program has paid off for yet another studio, as UK-based indie developer Chucklefish has announced its upcoming title Starbound has exceeded 1m copies sold. The studio’s Twitter account revealed the figure, which was gathered in just over a month of availability through the PC digital distribution giant. …

The Halo franchise’s next major entry is still scheduled to land in 2014, Halo PR manager Rob Semsey has assured. Semsey took to Twitter to quell the noise made over the franchise’s absence from this week’s Xbox Wire post, which mentioned several other upcoming Xbox One titles scheduled to launch …