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Frictional Games has revealed it has received developer thechineseroom’s final version of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, an indirect sequel to Frictional’s 2010 survival horror hit. The series creator-turned-publisher announced on its blog that the game should arrive at some point between April and June of this year, adding that …

Square Enix has confirmed platforms alogn with a vague release target for its freshly announced paranormal investigation game, Murdered: Soul Suspect. The publisher announced that the game will launch for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, but not until sometime next year. As of now, the 2014 release doesn’t appear to …

Rumours of a pre-owned ban remain idle chatter

Blizzard’s Chris Metzen made a surprise on-stage appearance at Sony’s PlayStation 4 reveal event. Metzen announced that his company and Sony had entered into a strategic partnership to bring Blizzard games to PlayStation consoles, and the first game to do so will be Diablo 3. Diablo 3 will be available …

As part of a restructuring effort, Sony has sold a percentage of its shares from medical marketing and research subsidiary M3. The firm still remains the majority shareholder after shedding six per cent of its stake in M3, accounting for 95,000 shares. The sale is expected to net Sony $1.23bn, …

Shares up 2.4 per cent in after-hours trading

Jonathan Blow, the creator of the award-winning Braid, has announced that his new game will debut on the PlayStation 4. The Witness is a first-person exploration-puzzle game set in an open-world that isn’t massive in size but is densely populated and packs in a ton of variety. Blow promised that …

Japanese mobile firm GungHo Online Entertainment is pulling in an estimated $2m a day on a single free-to-play title. Gamasutra reports the company’s Puzzle & Dragons looks to have taken Japan by storm, earning around $65m monthly from a registered user base topping 8m across iOS and Android versions. All …

Certain Playstation Network members have reported receiving $10 in store credit from Sony for their apparent loyalty. PSN users on Twitter and popular gaming forum Neogaf have claimed to receive the funds accompanied by this message: "Thank you for being a loyal customer and fan of the PlayStation Network. As …