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One analyst has speculated that the time may be nearing for Activision Blizzard’s World of Warcraft to make the jump to free-to-play. A report by Superdata Research, as spotted by CVG, claims that the MMO has experienced a drop in revenues of 54 per cent in the last seven months. …

A new video has offered a direct comparison between the 1080p visuals offered by The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD and the GameCube original. Wind Waker HD is released in the UK for Wii U on October 4th. It was already a visually stunning game, so the jump to …

New hires made to strengthen Remedy's board during industry transition

Owen O'Brien to oversee production of Eve: Valkyrie

Activision has named Jonathan Fargher as its new head of UK PR. He starts his new role on October 7th. Fargher has worked at PlayStation for 14 years, most recently as senior UK PR Manager, and has helped launch every PlayStation console. Prior to Sony, he worked at Psygnosis, and …

Total War: Rome II would have been the UK’s real No.1 last week, if we counted digital sales, MCV can reveal. The strategy game was No.2 in the UK retail charts with over 32,000 units sold, narrowly missing out on the No.1 spot by just 200 copies. Yet if you …

AbleGamers Lab helps special needs gamers pursue their hobby

Public records show Rhode Island EDC hired law firm to help with federal inquiry

Valve has announced a new Steam Family Sharing program for its digital distribution platform, allowing multiple Steam accounts access a library of games on an authorized computer. The functionality is very similar to that initially proposed by Microsoft for Xbox One before the console’s online features were largely stripped as …

Awards show finalists welcomed on Valve platform for second year