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Rick Gibson ponders who the PS4 will serve, and if it has what it takes to thrive

New initiative to offer students financial backing, mentoring and work placements

We know, we know. ANOTHER next Xbox rumour story. But there’s reason to put weight in this one. It comes from tech blogger Paul Thurrott who earlier this month correctly named May 21st as the date for the new console’s reveal. So he clearly knows something. Or is a good …

We ask the Japanese middleware outfit about bringing Yebis 2 to a global audience

A number of consumers have this morning taken to the internet to complain about a problem with some UK versions of Dead Island: Riptide. The Steam forums carry complaints from several users who tried to redeem the Steam code found in their copy of the game only to find that …

After literally days of rumours, the new look for 2K Games’ XCOM shooter has been unveiled. It’s called The Bureau: XCOM Declassified and you can see its first official (live action) trailer below. Interestingly, the game is due out on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on August 20th. Considering that …

Valve adds new revenue model to digital distribution platform

Studio co-founded by Call of Duty creators says it is 'business as usual'

Chris Robert’s studio Cloud Imperium Games has opened up a new development house in Santa Monica. The new office will assist in the development on the crowdfunded space simulation Star Citizen, which has raised nearly $9m since October of last year. I’m a big believer in utilizing small, very focused …

Publisher continues wave of cutbacks as part of reorganisation