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Release date for all platforms moved to spring 2014 as publisher continues development

With a dark cloud of uncertainty hanging over it, Blackberry has released an open letter in which it has tried to reassure the world that everything will be fine. You can continue to count on BlackBerry,” it insists. How do we know? We have substantial cash on hand and a …

King to bring its match-three mega hit to Amazon's tablet this week

There are just over three weeks to nominate your rising stars for this popular annual feature

Forget PS4 and Xbox One, one of the biggest marketing campaigns of Christmas will be for a current-gen game. Warner Bros has revealed a huge advertising push behind its new Batman title – Arkham Origins. It includes a blockbuster TV campaign, events, drinks promotions with Kick, plus heavyweight online, digital …

But game development framework will not be free on Sony’s next-gen console

Assassin’s Creed has now sold over 6.6m units in the UK, Ubisoft has told MCV. The publisher revealed the figures ahead of next month’s launch of the latest instalment in the franchise – Black Flag. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag is the sixth entry in the series and Ubisoft is …

Xbox 360 owners wanting to get the best possible experience from Battlefield 4 are going to need plenty of spare hard drive space. EA has revealed that the game will kick off with a mandatory 2GB install, regardless of whether the multiplayer or single player disc is inserted. As well …

Now this is what Kickstarter is really meant to be used for. Tired of millionaires taking to crowdfunding sites to launch products that they themselves are unwilling to back? Well this won’t be of any interest then because Simon Byron works in PR and we all know that’s where the …

Rovio’s latest entry in the Angry Birds franchise has been dated. The game will be released on December 11th and to coincide with the announcement Rovio has released its first gameplay footage. The kart racer was announced in August, with Rovio’s Kalle Kaivola stating: We’ve been playing around with a …