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EA is taking SimCity offline – deliberately this time. The game will go offline for around two hours from 9pm tonight in order for dozens of fixes to be applied for many of the issues that have been irking players since launch. Here are the changes in full, as posted …

Warner Bros’ new fighting game Injustice: Gods Among Us is the new UK No.1. It’s the first Warner title to top the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 since LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes in mid-2012. The game improves upon the performance of its spiritual predecessor Mortal Kombat …

Kickstarter-funded Android console Ouya has signed 10,000 developers worldwide. Ouya’s head of developer relations Kelle Santiago revealed the milestone to Games Industry, with the news coming just a month after CEO Julie Uhrman confirmed at GDC that the console had already signed on 8,000 devs. "It’s really awesome, especially at …

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