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QA firm partners with Player Research to expand services

Minecraft, Diablo III and Guild Wars 2 spur on growth for PC software market

It may have sold 22m units across the world, but Ubisoft feels Splinter Cell should be doing even better. And so it’s tasked one of the masterminds behind Assassin’s Creed to lead a revolution for the spy franchise.MCV speaks to Jade Raymond… One of my first jobs in the games …

The always-on internet requirement of Maxis’ SimCity was never designed as a DRM measure, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau has claimed. "DRM is a failed dead-end strategy; it’s not a viable strategy for the gaming business,” the exec told GamesIndustry. So what we tried to do creatively is build an …

Emotionally-charged session encourages women to chase success and inspire the next generation

The fantasy world of DC’s Fables comics series will provide the basis for the next set of episodic games from Telltale. The studio has, as if you needed reminding, recently enjoyed tremendous success with its five-part episodic gaming series based on The Walking Dead IP. Its new series will be …

New video run in real-time at 180 fps on Geforce GTX 680

The Frostbite game engine doesn’t support Wii U and studio DICE feel its resources are best employed elsewhere. That’s the cold truth of EA’s decision not to release Battlefield 4 on Nintendo’s Wii U, making it the latest triple-A game to snub the machine. The game is currently confirmed for …

After Microsoft got its its Xbox Livespring sale underway yesterday, Sony has followed suit on PSN today. Up for sale are games such as Driver: San Francisco, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Child of Eden, Trine 2, and a collection of PixelJunk games, all at least 50% off and an additional …

Indies receive more than $50,000 in prize money