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Pre-orders for micro-console now open at £79.99 as development kits land at studios

Last year, Epic Games showed off the first demo of its next-generation Unreal Engine 4, titled Elemental. Today at GDC, it showed off another impressive demo – Infiltration, and a promising sign of what next-gen games hold in store. The new Infiltrator demo was running on a Core i7 CPU-powered …

Latest Unreal Engine 4 trailer presents stunning real-time visuals

Epic's new engine to scale from small to triple-A next-gen titles

Epic looks to streamline development with new tools and rendering features

Battlefield 4 was unveiled a couple of days ago as the game that will debut DICE’s next generation Frostbite 3, and like its predecessor, it looks set to power a host of other EA games. Aaryn Flynn, general manager at Bioware’s Edmonton and Montreal studios has revealed that Dragon Age …

Batman: Arkham Origins is rumoured to be the third Batman game from Rocksteady Studios. French site Gameblog has quoted sources as confirming that the prequel will be revealed at E3 and will be headed to current and next-gen platforms. Interestingly, the website also says that Superman and Green Lantern, as …

'Video is the most powerful tool' for sharing game experiences, says product manager

Superhero brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us is set to receive a playable demo next week, developer NetherRealm Studios has revealed. The demo will arrive on PSN on 2nd April, while Xbox Live will get it a day later. NetherRealm hasn’t released any details about what content or which playable characters …

Former Diablo III director Jay Wilson has admitted that both the real-money and in-game gold Auction Houses really hurt the game.” Wilson detailed the stark difference between Blizzard’s original assumptions during development and the eventual reality of the situation, during a GDC talk (via Joystiq) this week in San Francisco. …