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Diablo III expansion Reaper of Souls has received a March release date courtesy of Blizzard. The company announced on its official blog that pre-orders are now open for the polarizing title’s first, possibly only, piece of DLC . The expansion will be available in multiple editions, including a $39.99 Digital …

UK developer creating endless runner based on popular downloadable stunt game series

Music firm says it is protecting the rights of music artists following copyright claims on user videos

So it turns out that the upcoming – and highly anticipated – hacking title Watch Dogs could have been an entry in the Driver series. Ubisoft was working on a driving title – potentially a new Driver game – but the publisher decided that it wanted to make a more …

Video-sharing website explains changes to Content ID system

Merchandise brand Joystick Junkies has continued its expansion by opening a brand new website. Gaming fans can browse and buy goodies based on a number of different brands on computers and mobile devices. In addition to launch its new site, the firm has signed a partnership with Warner Bros to …

Ex-Producer Joshua Drescher praises original development team, but laments 'real human cost' of the game's failure

Since August, MCV has been chronicling the key features of Xbox One and its games. Now you can read a compilation in our ultimate Road to Xbox One guide. Click here to read it in your browser. It is also available as a digital edition on iPad. The Road to …

YouTube has responded to users angry about the company’s rather aggressive new copyright detection system. The internet firm hasn’t apologised, or changed its policies, however. Instead it has suggested users mute background music from games to stop a suspected violation of copyright and use background music from YouTube’s own audio …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks at methods for improving energy performance in your apps