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Sony has relased a new video teasing the design of the PS4, featuring blurred images and lots of close-ups that don’t give away much. Sony announced the PlayStation 4 back in February, and while we’ve seen the Dualshock 4 controller, the look of the consoleitself remains a mystery. The video …

Mobile-Social publisher snaps up crowdfunded god game from genre creator

Plymouth-based studio to develop social top-down shooter Campy Command: Nowhere to Run

Sony to unveil hardware at E3 on June 10th

A teaser from Sony hyping its PS4 E3 event has offered what might be the very first glimpse of the new console. You can see it below. The video, although obviously designed to promote the Press Conference on June 10 6pm PDT, arrives just 24 hours before rival firm Xbox …

Precursor CEO admits developer used a terms of service 'boiler plate' from another site

FIFA 14 will not release on Wii U. Unsurprisingly. What’s more notable is EA’s honesty when asked exactly why that is. "Six months ago FIFA 13 was a launch title on Wii U," an EA spokesperson told Eurogamer. "Although the game featured FIFA’s award-winning HD gameplay and innovative new ways …

RPG developer Obsidian is to co-develop a new Russian MMO. The studio has teamed up with Russian outfit Allods Team to work on free-to-play MMO Skyforge. Obsidian CEO Feargus Urquhart said of the deal: Skyforge is a very interesting and promising project that I’m glad Obsidian Entertainment is involved with.” …

Persson labels attempt to generate more money from gameplay videos 'offensive'

Ever heard of 5Lives Studios? No, us neither. But come next month that will very likely have changed. A video posted online by the studio very much seems to suggest that a Syndicate reboot (or more likely a ‘spiritual successor’) is heading to Kickstarter this month. Rock Paper Shotgun speculates …