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Activision’s Call of Duty: Ghosts has claimed the Gfk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 for the third time in four weeks. The upper reaches of the chart are beginning to form a regular pattern as we approach Christmas, with FIFA 14, Battlefield 4, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Grand Theft …

Character designer pledges continued work 'as needed' on Bravely franchise

Company takes action to prevent minors racking up huge bills from microtransactions

Berkeley's Memorial Stadium will bear mobile game company's name

Sony is yet to announce a launch date for the PS4 in India, but it has said that stocks will most probably run out soon after the console launches in the country. In terms of sell-through, I don’t think we will be too far off from seeing what we’re seeing …

The NASSCOM Game Developer Conference will be a three day affair in 2014. After last month’s NGDC 2013, the team at the NASSCOM Gaming Forum is already in the planning stages for next year’s conference, which will now span three days as opposed to two. Next year, NGDC will take …

Episodic adventure game maker Telltale Games is currently developing an upcoming crossover project with Gearbox Software involving the latter’s Borderlands franchise. Tales from the Borderlands will hit as an episodic release beginning sometime next year, with the game set to center around both established and newly created characters from the …

Bungie’s upcoming multi-platform FPS Destiny will launch in September 2014, the studio has announced. The Activision-published title will release September 9th, 2014 on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. "Destiny has always represented a new beginning for our team. It was born from brave possibilities," Bungie’s announcement post states. …

The Steam Early Access release of indie darling Terraria’s spiritual successor Starbound has vaulted to the top of Valve’s latest weekly top sellers chart. A host of past chart-toppers finish behind the highly-anticipated indie game, including Civlization V – which clocks in twice with its Brave New World expansion in …

New particle-based brush tool can be used for both 2D and 3D texturing