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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

Game Development Conference returning August next year

Football is one of the most important things in the world. That is a fact. So EA’s decision to combine a suitably epic monologue from Captain Picard (whom for reasons unclear some people refer to as Patrick Stewart) with gameplay footage from FIFA 14 is inherently sensible. And quite brilliant. …

Despite having plenty of time left before its November 1st release, Ubisoft is not relenting on its aggressive video marketing campaign for Assassin’s Creed IV. Its latest effort is a live-action trailer, which can be seen below, that suggests life on the high seas is… well… a bit messy. The …

He said he’d be back. Reef Entertainment has acquired the video game rights to hugely popular ’80s flick The Terminator, and the console and PC game rights to its sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day. But rather than just creating direct tie-ins that are two decades too late, the publisher has …

AMD’s expected Q4 2013 assault on the graphics card market will not go unanswered, it seems. Videocardz.com reports that Nvidia is not only planning a big release of its own before Christmas, but that it is also fast-tracking the release of the GeForce 800 series cards to early next year. …