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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

Steam is set to introduce the new Family Sharing program that lets users authorise other Steam users to play their games. Through the program, one Steam user will be able to authorise a friend or family member’s Steam account and PC to have access to his/her games. The program is …

Square Enix has unveiled Final Fantasy Agito, a mobile-bound RPG with multiplayer and free to play elements. In a Famitsu preview translated by Polygon, producer Hajime Tabata revealed the game will land later this year for both iOS and Android devices. Set within the world of 2011 PSP Japan release …

Mike Capps, former president of Epic Games, has joined Remedy Entertainment’s board of directors. Remedy welcomes in both Capps and F-Secure president Christian Frederikson to its board, CEO Matias Myllyrinne announced on the studio’s blog. Capps new appointment comes nine months after he reduced his role at Epic Games from …