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Classic board games will appear on next-gen platforms

The Awesome Game Studio has announced Alphaman, which mixes puzzles with arcade entertainment and education through spelling and reading. The game will include 11 maps, where players can pick up ‘Alphapowers’ to help Alphaman gain super powers, teleport and multiply speed to combat enemies and move to the next map. …

Deep Silver has announced the latest effort in the Dead Island franchise, a free-to-play MOBA game dubbed Dead Island: Epidemic. The multiplayer online battle arena title consists of three teams of players battling against one another while also trying to survive the ever-approaching undead hordes of the Dead Island universe. …

Bethesda is preparing a Game of the Year Edition of Dishonored, according to a new listing on the Australian Classification Board. Polygon reports the board rates the upgraded version of the hit stealth action game MA 15+, but makes no mention of a release target or platforms. The standard edition …

An impending price drop for the Wii U appears to be out of the question, as Nintendo is still losing money on each console sold. Speaking with Games Industry, a Nintendo spokesperson confirmed that the company’s current hardware is still being sold at a loss – something Nintendo president Satoru …

Id software co-founder and technical director John Carmack has joined Oculus as its chief technology officer. Carmack will work from the virtual reality company’s new office in Dallas, which the firm is currently in the process of staffing up. A spokesperson has toldDevelopthat he has joined the company on a …

Nintendo has at last confirmed a European release for Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright on 3DS. No firm release date was given other than early 2014. A few other details were also confirmed in the Nintendo Direct broadcast this afternoon, a highlight of which was a European release date of …

Virtual reality firm opens new Dallas office

Kerrie Power to lead customer relations, business development and marketing operations

A Batman and Joker statue is the highlight of Warner’s freshly announced Batman: Arkham Origins Collector’s Edition. The SKU is exclusive to Amazon and only available for Xbox 360 and PS3 in Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East. A US version will be revealed next week. The statue is …