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Games arm of entertainment company to publish apps based on its properties as well as original titles

The Windows 8.1 update designed for Microsoft’s RT tablet PCs has been pulled from the Windows Store. TechSpot reports that Microsoft has confirmed an issue that affects roughly one in every thousand users that results in Windows tablets displaying the infamous ‘blue screen of death’ (BSOD) after updating. A workaround …

There’s been a reshuffle at Eurogamer parent Gamer Network. Former group publishing director Simon Maxwell has become chief operating officer having been at the company for less than a year. David Lilley has become MD of Gamer Events while John Benyamine is now VP of US content, taking on responsibility …

Layoffs at mobile developer’s offices in California and Argentina

Creative Assembly is making a first person Alien shooter for Sega. That’s according to Kotaku, which claims to have it on good authority that Aliens: Isolation will be released for both current and next-gen consoles in 2014. It is apparently inspired by games like Dishonored and Bioshock” and uses both …

Ready for another trailer? Good. Hot on the heels of the Battlefield 4 TV ad, now Activision has released a gameplay trailer for Call of Duty: Ghosts. It may appear much like EA’s trailer on the surface – listen out for the Eminem track so you can remember which video …

EA has gone live with its big TV ad for upcoming shooter Battlefield 4. It fuses gameplay footage with a narrator and is suitably loud and explosive. Yesterday MCV posted a load of short TV ads for Battlefield 4’s big rival Call of Duty: Ghosts – in fact, there’s another …

Previous release doesn't justify work of port, says Criterion creative director

Valve's long game could lead consoles to a more 'enlightened path'

EA’s Frank Gibeau has announced the company is working on a ‘high-end’Battlefield mobile game. In an interview with the New York Times, Gibeau revealed that EA is already developing a mobile title that aims to operate with franchise games (such as Battlefield 4) on other systems – similar to Battlefield …