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A host of Japanese mobile developers led by Sega have reportedly banded together to create a cross-promotional network. According to a Nikkei report spotted by Games Industry, Sega is at the forefront of an initiative involving 14 other developers (such as Capcom and Taito) to create additional exposure by combining …

Capcom hopes to address the apparent technical struggles suffered by its Dead Rising 3 Xbox One gameplay demo at Gamescom. Videogamer reports that the playable short, currently on display at the Cologne games expo, struggles to maintain 30 frames per second with significant dips suffered when the number of zombies …

An ad that was posted on Ouya’s official YouTube channel has certainly succeeded in catching the attention. Called ‘Sixty Bucks For A Game’, the 30-second short has since been pulled from Ouya’s channel but can be seen below via a mirror. It sees a gamer react negatively to a session …

Digital curiosity Rain has been dated for PS3. Sony says the game will arrive on PSN on October 2nd with a European price of €12.99. The game’s up for pre-order right now. Those who do drop money on it early will get a few bonuses – a dynamic theme, a …

Precursor Games’ second attempt at funding Shadow of the Eternals appears to be on the brink of failure. At the time of writing its Kickstarter campaign stands at $305,306 with just 38 hours remaining – that’s nearly $450,000 short of its $750,000 funding goal. Its first Kickstarter attempt, which itself …

Global games retailer GameStop has reported a 10.7 per cent decline in both global and like-for-like sales for Q2 2013. Total sales fell from $1.55bn last year to $1.38bn, which was a little better than had been forecast by the company. Digital and emerging markets fared well, however, with mobile …

Swallowtail's Sophia George discusses what she hopes to achieve with the V&A museum

The president of SCE Worldwide Studios has perhaps for the first time admitted that question marks hang over the long-term future of PlayStation Vita. The console has failed the replicate the (criminally under-reported) success of its predecessor and continues to sell in low numbers across most key territories. However, speaking …

Publisher EA has said it wants to mimic the successful reinvention of the Batman video games franchise with its fresh take on the Star Wars universe. "The most important thing for me is that we take the Star Wars license and come up with games where peoples’ jaws drop," EA’s …

FIFA 14 on Vita will not feature any of the gameplay improvements found in many of the game’s other versions. "There will be a Vita version, and it’ll be the same great gameplay," EA Sports’ David Rutter told Eurogamer. "It’s the same great gameplay and new kits." Although it has …