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Super Meat Boy developer, and Indie Game: The Movie star, Edmund McMillen has announced his dungeon crawler The Binding of Isaac has sold over 2m copies across PC and Playstation platforms. Speaking with Youtuber NorthernLion, McMillen revealed the title had just recently reached the milestone. The game was originally considered …

STEM-focused program gives kids a taste of game development

Valve has revealed Steam’s top selling titles for the week ending on April 20th, with the HD update of Age of Empires II beating out Bioshock Infinite for the second week in a row. Valve’s Portal franchise made a big splash during the period, thanks to a major discount promotion. …

Heavy Rain may have cost a pretty penny to make, but the investment turned out to be more than worth it for Sony and Quantic Dream. Eurogamer reports Quantic Dream’s Guillaume de Fondaumiere revealed total figures for the PS3 exclusive during a talk at Digital Dragons in Poland. The CEO …

Bidding closes for bankrupt publisher's remaining IP

Legal saga comes to an end two years after Mobigames and EA cases

Some passwords and email address compromised but no financial information obtained, says Wargaming

Couldn’t make the MCV Awards last night? Worry not – you can check out everything you missed right here. Hundreds of UK games industry execs headed to the London Lancaster Hotel for this year’s ceremony. The evening kicked off with a special performance from Games on Song, the choir formed …

Leaving responsibility with devs is needed to improve openness, says Romain de Waubert

Sony’s Beyond: Two Souls will see lead character Jodie Holmes take centre stage on its cover art. Why is this relevant? Because as the name suggests Jodie – played by Ellen Page – is a female. That shouldn’t maater, obviously, but sadly it does. And before you start jumping on …