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When it comes to Ouya, much of the excitement has focused on the physical box itself: a cheap 99 Android console made famous on Kickstarter. The hardware launches on June 4th, will be stocked by GAME, and will launch with hundreds of smartphone games rebuilt for TV. But the platform’s …

The Mac version of EA’s SimCity will be released on June 11st, the publisher has confirmed. It will only be released digitally, although those who buy it will also get the PC version for free, and vice versa, with synchronised play across both platforms. Current PC owners will be able …

Nintendo has confirmed that the long-rumoured Wii U version of Splinter Cell: Blacklist is very much real. "Showcasing enhanced game-play features using the Wii U GamePad controller, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist allows players to operate innovative gadgets, take out enemies and move through the environment, and intuitively switch between …

Revealing Mark Cerny's Knack first during PS4 unveiling an intentional decision to show off diversity

David Walsh on the studio's recent international expansion

Fancy proving your skills in a tournament even John Terry is afraid to attend? Last year SJS successfully raised 2,000 for GamesAid via its first ever 5-a-side tournament and this year the popular event makes a comeback. It all takes place on Thursday April 25th from 5pm at the Lucozade …

Anger a 'misunderstanding' over how the development cycle works

Free-to-play and downloads are the fastest-growing business models of the past five years, but how many video games publishers actually rely on them rather than more traditional methods of releasing games? In January and February 2013, industry networking and events firm Game Connection led a publishers’ survey targeting key business …

More prizes promised for successful entrants

Day-one DLC is a vital component on a publisher’s balance sheet, but it’s also a practice regarded with wide-held disdain by many vocal consumers. It’s a reaction that the industry has noticed, Bethesda VP Pete Hines told OXM, but is also one that should also be kept in check. "I …