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Olivier Wolff talks a lot about relevance. And for good reason. Even when you’re an entertainment colossus as strong as Warner Bros, the games market’s often fickle shifts are hard to avoid. So when you ask him about Warner Games’ performance amidst a world of change, he’s bullish and to …

An undoubtedly completely innocent tech mishap has seemingly named a number of Valve developers currently working on Half-Life 3. As posted on Reddit, Valve’s internal User Picker software became available to the public briefly last night – just long enough, it transpires, for sleuths to extract from it a list …

Grand Theft Auto Online doesn’t work very well, and Rockstar says it is doing all it can to fix it. We are continuing to look into these issues and are working around the clock on resolving them as quickly as possible,” a statement read. This includes close monitoring of our …

The founder and chairman of troubled social games giant Zynga has made a startling admission. Speaking to journalists at an informal rooftop talk” in Israel, Mark Pincus admitted that right now, I’m pretty bored with all games” when asked what his favourite game was, The Wall Street Journal reports. Pincus …

Publisher confirms small number of redundancies as part of restructure

Thanks to yesterday’s release of the Battlefield 4 beta, we’ve now got a better idea than ever about how the next-gen and current-gen versions of Battlefield 4 compare. A video comparison from Videogamer shows the same sections in both releases, including some side-by-side footage. The differences are actually fairly significant, …

Publisher takes on UK developer's team of 41 and range of IP

Non-paying members of Xbox Live will this weekend be able to access all the benefits normally reserved for paying Gold members. The promotion will run from this Friday (October 4th) until Sunday (October 6th) and includes a number of countries, one of which is the UK. This means free multiplayer …

Sega has cut an unspecified number of US jobs as part of ongoing restructuring. Venture Beat received confirmation directly from a Sega representative on the matter, but specifics were largely withheld. As the gaming industry continues to evolve, companies must adapt and adjust in order to compete and succeed in …

A new Kirby title has been announced for Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata revealed the iconic character’s latest adventure as part of yesterday’s Nintendo Direct event. The game marks Kirby’s debut on the 3DS handheld, and brings the series up to two dozen individual titles (including remakes). Footage shows …