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Industry veteran Clint Hocking is no longer working at Valve, according to the man’s LinkedIn page. Game Informer points to the former Splinter Cell and Far Cry 2 director’s recently updated profile, which reveals he has departed from his designer post at the firm. Hocking had previously worked for Ubisoft …

Microsoft’s Xbox One has surpassed 3m units sold. Xbox corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi revealed the figure yesterday as part of a press announcement, stating that the new console had sold through 3m units across 13 countries prior to the start of the new year. "It’s been incredible to see …

The phenomenal success of the standalone alpha release of DayZ is showing no sign of letting up. Creator Dean Hall has revealed that the game was purchased over 800,000 between release and January 4th – that covers a period of just 18 days on the market. We (Bohemia and I) …

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PC gamers will not be offered the chance to upgrade their copies of Tomb Raider to the upcoming Definitive Edition version of the game. Some gamers had hoped that the publisher would repeat the offer it laid out for owners of Deus Ex: Human Revolution on PC in allowing them …

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Upcoming PC API Mantle could offer even bigger performance gains over DirectX than previously thought. WCCFtech reports that when tested on hardware running AMD’s new A8-7600 APU EA shooter Battlefield 4 saw a massive 45 per cent performance boost using Mantle compared to Microsoft’s DirectX. Of course it’s unlikely that …

The online profile of a developer working on IO’s next-gen Hitman game claims the game has been cancelled. Videogamer spotted the news on the LinkedIn profile of senior game designer lists the game as having been cancelled last year. The profile of a second IO member now suggests that an …

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