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A big weekend for eSports events meant streaming video service Twitch had its most popular day yet. By the end of Sunday, August 11th, Twitch.tv had clocked more than 4.5m unique viewers as gamers logged on to watch streaming video feeds of events like World Championship Series Season 2 Regional …

Sony is claiming a record number of pre-orders for the upcoming PS4. Videogamer reports that SCE UK boss Fergal Gara says that pre-orders for the machine are tracking way over and above and beyond the pre-order number at launch day of the PS2 and PS3”. Specific numbers weren’t issued, but …

Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut will be Rising Star’s first release on leading downloads store Steam. The horror game has been approved for release through Steam’s Greenlight system, whereby PC gamers vote for games they want to be published. It has always been part of our expansion plans to move …

Our series of profiles of leading games service and creative firms continues with Keywords International. Keywords International Sector:Localisation, QA and TestingYear Established:1998Number of employees:500 Address: (Canada) Keywords International Corporation Inc.410 St-Nicolas, Suite 600Montral, QCH2Y 2P5CanadaPhone: +1 514 789 04 04 (USA) Keywords International Inc.Plaza Center10900 NE 8th Street, Suite 1000Bellevue, …

It may now be Europe’s second largest games publisher, but Deep Silver insists it will stay true to its independent roots. The Dead Island publisher saw its reputation rise this year following the acquisition of Saints Row, Volition and Metro: Last Light from bankrupt THQ. We are enjoying our promotion …

Sometimes a developer has to have the courage to walk away from a project, even at the risk of being labeled an under delivering visionary”, says Markus ‘Notch’ Persson. As the creator of Minecraft, there was an awful lot of expectation placed on Persson’s next game 0x10c and an understandable …

The 3DS follow-up to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is coming to consoles later this year. Konami has announced a HD version of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate will be made available to download on Xbox 360 and PS3 on October 31st. The game follows the events of …

Players of The Elder Scrolls Online will be required to play a monthly subscription. Upon buying the game players will get free access for 30 days after which an 8.99 per month subscription will be needed to continue. We feel the traditional subscription is the model that best fits what …

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks at how developers can harness cloud tech on mobile