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Friday release Gears of War: Judgment will offer an array of XP-boosting in-app-payment options for gamers. Videogamer reports that the entry-level purchase costs 80 Microsoft Points (around 70p) for which gamers receive double XP for ten games. 320 MSP (2.75) buys a 50-match long boost, 560 MSP (4.80) a 100-match …

Riot Games title accrues an extra two million concurrent players in just five months

Middleware maker to show new workflow features, platform support and game lighting tech

Creative Assembly’s community manager Craig Paycock has paid tribute to a cancer victim who will now forever be remembered as a star of upcoming game Total War: Rome 2. Last summer a 24-year-old James visited the studio as part of a Special Day initiative organised by charity Willow Foundation, which …

The publisher of Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor: Overclocked has expressed its desire to publish predecessor Devil Survivor 2. However, in a candid blog post Ghostlight has admitted that the weakness of the European DS market may prevent the release. That’s not to say it isn’t working on a plan, …

Silicon Studio joins wave of middleware firms offering tech for PS4 development

The final TV ad for 2K Games’ BioShock Infinite has been released online just a week ahead of the game’s long-awaited release. The action-packed short does a great job of showing off the unique gameworld as well as introducing protagonists Booker DeWitt and the mysterious Elizabeth, as well as some …

Mike Schroepfer promoted to role left vacant after Bret Taylor's departure last year

Two more websites attempting to scam consumers with promises of access to a fake GTA V beta are being targeted by Take-Two. Fusible reports that the publisher has already taken action against and successfully shut down both getgtavbeta.com and betagtav.com. Now two other sites are also being targeted – gta5betacode.com …

The average selling price of video games last year was 26.45, a rise of 3.2 per cent year-on-year. Chart-Track data published by ERA shows another year of game price rises. Supermarkets are now the cheapest games retailer, with an average selling price of 25.50, an increase of two pence over …