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Digital distribution opens new doors, says co-founder Craig Hubbard

A handful of developers behind the original F.E.A.R. and its sequel have reunited to form Blackpowder Games. Studio founders include Craig Hubbard (creative director and lead designer, F.E.A.R.), David Longo (art director, F.E.A.R.), Brad Pendleton (lead software engineer, F.E.A.R.), Charles Wes Saulsberry III (art lead, F.E.A.R.), and Larry Paolicelli (art, …

An unidentified source claims a bundle featuring both the PS4 and PS Vita is being readied for the holiday season. VG247 reports on the statements of a well-placed anonymous source” of Machinima who supposedly has the inside scoop on the multi-hardware bundle. The source claims the bundle will retail for …

Sega is reportedly one of several groups bidding on Japanese developer and publisher Atlus Co. Polygon points to a Bloomberg Japan report claiming that Sega Sammy Holdings is one of approximately 20 organizations looking to buy Atlus from its parent company, Index Corporation. Bidding has reportedly ramped up to 20 …

A disabled internet user has begun a campaign that will attempt to rid the internet of CAPTCHA. CAPTCHA (which stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) is an online security measure used by many leading websites that is designed to stop spam bots from …

Crysis developer Crytek has warned users that their personal details may have been accessed in a website breach. The studio took four of its websites offline over the weekend – Crytek.com, MyCrysis.com, Crydev.net and MyCryenginge.com. Each carried the following message: "We recently became aware of suspicious activity relating to some …

An edited version of Saint’s Row IV has been passed by the Classification Board at the third time of asking "Deep Silver and AIE are pleased to report that the Australian Classification Board has now approved Saints Row IV for sale," a statement from Deep Silver said. "They have granted …

'The reality is that they can't do what the customers want,' says Jesse Schell on Xbox One policy reversal

Green Man Gaming has announced an ambitious trade-in partnership with parcel service CollectPlus. The retailer now offers customers the chance to hand over their trade-ins to any one of over 5,250 stores (including newsagents and petrol stations) for trackable delivery back to GMG. The offer is only available for trade-ins …

Former Ouya exclusive Polarity is gearing up for a release on PC. Creator Craig Littler says the decision is down to the failure to negotiate exclusivity terms with Ouya. "I tried to negotiate with Ouya to remain exclusive but they were fairly resistant to change,” he told Eurogamer. As such …