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The success or otherwise of Disney Infinity could decide the ultimate fate of Disney’s video games ambitions. That’s according to The Wall Street Journal, which claims that the company has invested well over $100m” in the game’s development and deployment, citing people close to the company”. Said source is quoted: …

Latest from struggling Disney Interactive studio sports nine-figure budget

Codemasters will only make 10,000 units of F1 2013 Classic Edition available in the UK. That comes as part of a detailed breakdown of exactly what extras will be offered in the SKU, which will release alongside the vanilla F1 2013 on October 4th. GAME is currently selling F1 2013 …

Guild Wars 2 has claimed an impressive sales record, if publisher NCsoft is to be believed. The company says that Guild Wars 2 ranks as the all-time fastest selling Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) in Europe and North America” with sales of 3m units in its first nine months …

The wait for Square Enix’s new Thief title will not be as long as expected. The publisher has confirmed that the game will be released on PS4, Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on February 28th 2014 in Europe. It will arrive in North America on February 25th. Garrett …

When the Xbox One was first announced, not only were its games set to be region-locked, but the 24-hour check-in was reported to lock out the console if detected to be connected from outside launch territories. It made importing the console in countries like India unviable, but as with many …

We take a look at over a quintet of vacancies across the UK

Just when you thought there were no more licensing opportunities left for Warhammer 40,000, Games Workshop went and found another. The tabletop giant has signed a deal with HeroCraft to develop a card battling game based on the IP that will be free-to-play. It’s due for release on PC, iOS …

2K Marin discusses its use of Enlighten to help create the stylish 60s feel of its upcoming sci-fi action title

The writer behind the Wolverine movie, Get Shorty and Minority Report has been tasked with rewriting the Assassin’s Creed movie. I’m rewriting Assassin’s Creed right now, and what I love about it is that I’ve never adapted a video game before and it has its own set of challenges,” he …