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The team at 505 Games will be celebrating this week as its tactical shooter Payday 2 has topped the charts. 505 Games – best known for Cooking Mama, Sniper Elite and the Zumba series – has released a couple of promising little titles recently. It’s also the publisher of Starbreeze’s …

Canonical's super-smartphone raises $11m

A few years ago most people in the industry approached the oncoming German games trade show with dread and despair. The horrors of Leipzig were many. No one liked staying there. It confusingly had two airports, but no direct flights. I remember one very prominent games studio telling me the …

NCSoft claims their game is the fastest selling title in genre history

Developer abuse on social media prompts response from trade body

GameStop still has at least a full decade in front of it before the digital market puts an end to the retail chain for good, according to Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter. Games Industry reports on Pachter’s latest investment note, which states that GameStop won’t be going quietly into the night …

Specific launch dates for the Playstation 4 may arrive this week, as Sony has teased it will be sharing release plans” for the new hardware at Gamescom. A post on the Playstation Europe blog describes the content of Sony’s August 20th press conference as a briefing on the hardware maker’s …

Steam’s latest top ten selling products chart has Payday 2 maintaining its hold on the top spot during its launch week. The heist game finished ahead of Saints Row IV in the runner-up position, Total War: Rome II in third, and The Bureau: XCOM Declassified in fourth. Chart mainstay Skyrim …

Well, this one somehow slipped under the radar. Evolution Studios’ PS4 social racer Driveclub is set to feature India amongst its many exotic locations. This new detail was revealed when The Guardian visited the developer’s studio to check out the game in action. Driveclub is a co-op and multiplayer focussed …

The executive producer of Call of Duty: Ghosts has said that the PC version of the game will boast the strongest visuals. That’s perhaps not surprising, of course – it’s not difficult to beat a next-gen beating gaming PC right now on a moderate budget – but with development currently …