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Iconic tabletop gaming firm Games Workshop has a new strategy for licensing its IP to the games business. It has signed up seven new games development partners in the last nine months, each of them working on various different games, inspired by the Warhammer fantasy medieval brand, the fantasy sci-fi …

Games Workshop has struck yet another Warhammer licensing deal with a video games publisher. This time it’s the turn of Slitherine which has penned an agreement to produce a strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, development of which is already underway. This deal represents yet another testament to …

The problem is, it took us too long to admit we were going wrong.” That’s the admission of an unnamed member of Konami’s PES team in this month’s edition of Edge magazine, in which the publisher’s revamped and remotivated football studio has outlined the sweeping changes that will be introduced …

German studio Yager is first to licence UE4 in Europe

Last weekend’s SimCity launch proved to be a trial by fire for EA – but I can only see this situation as one the publishing giant has won. To recap: EA struggled to maintain server connections for swathes of SimCity players logging for launch. The game requires an always-on web …

Some might expect the main lesson to be learnt from the launch of SimCity was the perils of including always-on DRM in your product. But that’s not the answer Maxis GM Lucy Bradshaw gave CVG when asked that very question. Never underestimate the power of your fans,” she replied. All …

Bink 2 Video and Granny 3D among tools coming to Sony's next generation platform

A wave of positivity remains after SCE promised PS4 would be open to small studios

Another leading UK retailer has significantly discounted the Wii U. Amazon has cut 50 off both the Wii U 32GB Premium Black machine and the 8GB Basic Pack, meaning they now retail at 249 and 199 respectively. Also of note is the surprisingly low trade-in prices Amazon are offering to …

505 Games has announced Sniper Elite 3. The game is in development for both current and next-gen platforms although is not scheduled for a release until 2014. A PC or Wii U release has not been confirmed, although both are likely – particularly as Sniper Elite V2 is heading to …