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Rovio’s kart racing iOS title Angry Birds Go is now available in the UK. Fortunately, the game has had the price of its IAPs reduced. The version soft-launched in New Zealand featured a kart that cost 69.99. This has now been reduced to (a still somewhat pricey) 34.99. That’s not …

PS4 won’t break all-time console sales records but will emerge as the next-gen console winner, analyst DFC Intelligence has predicted. DFC Intelligence has forecasted that the PlayStation 4 would be the number one console game system of this new generation,” it said. The successful launch of the PS4 is an …

A US law firm is investigating the possibility of suing EA over the technical problems that have beset the launch of Battlefield 4. Holzer Holzer & Fistel says that it is investigating whether EA and/or certain of its officers complied with the federal securities laws” and that the investigation focuses …

Music game studio Harmonix has let go of a small number” of employees due to shifting priorities regarding its future projects. The Rock Band developer confirmed to Gamastura earlier this week that an undisclosed number of its staff had been let go. "We can confirm that a small number of …

Hit indie sandbox game Terraria is out now on PS Vita, publisher 505 Games has announced. The title is priced at 11.99 and includes cross-play support with Terraria’s PS3 version, which allows co-op play between the two platforms. The version also offers new touch-control support, multiplayer for up to eight, …

Fallout 4 exists and will take place in and around the greater Boston, Massachusetts area – according to a series of allegedly leaked documents. The documents, a set of scripts and character descriptions obtained by Kotaku, provides info on plot and setting for the yet to be announced title. The …

Develop quizzes the Foundry about bringing its modelling tool to the Steam marketplace

Modelling tool to give DOTA 2 players the means to ‘forge the weaponry of their dreams’

The last of Blockbuster’s UK stores will close next week, MCV can reveal. MCV reported last month that Blockbuster was due for total closure by December 20th and last week administrator Moorfields Corporate Recovery admitted that it had still not received any acceptable offers” and as a result we may …

Bethesda has announced the release date for it’s upcoming MMO The Elder Scrolls Online. It will launch on April 4th on both PC and Mac, while Xbox One and PS4 versions will follow in June. "Worldwide demand for The Elder Scrolls Online is extraordinarily high. This means we need to …