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This year’s British Academy Games Awards nominees have been revealed, with Sony’s Journey leading the pack. The Thatgamecompany developed title has eight nominations, leading Telltale’s The Walking Dead, which has seven. Far Cry 3 wins six and indie hit Dear Esther five. A total of 53 games feature across 17 …

Anti-violence laws must be comprehensive, says former Speaker of the House

A new augmented reality mini-game on Bungie’s website hints at a reveal of the studio’s as-yet-unannounced project codenamed Destiny. The AR game supposedly features seven puzzles – one a day – with a possible unveiling of Destiny on the coming Monday. Destiny is expected to be a social sci-fi game …

The CM Storm Quickfire TK compact gaming keyboard is now available in India, Cooler Master has announced. Unlike the older Quickfire Pro, this mechanical keyboard is fully backlit. Despite its compact size, the Quickfire TKpacks in a full num pad. The keyboard sports 92 laser-etched keys and is available in …

A new, authentic” Brothers in Arms game is in the early stages of development, Gearbox Software president Randy Pitchford has announced. We haven’t announced that yet, but I’m really excited about where that’s going. We’ll announce these things in due course. There’s a lot of neat things we have going …

The Kickstarter campaign for Gas Powered Games’s Wildman action-RPG has been canceled, as the studio looks to turn its focus inward in hopes of keeping itself up and running. The crowdfunding effort was called off just four days ahead of its deadline, with under 50 per cent of the funding …

Epic Games has closed Infinity Blade: Dungeons developer Impossible Studios, delaying the iOS title indefinitely. Epic’s founder Tim Sweeney announced the news in a post on Epic’s official site. The studio formerly known as Epic Baltimore came together last August after the 38 Studios disaster destroyed development studio Big Huge …

The next series of episodes from Telltale’s The Walking Dead could tie-in with the AMC show of the same name. CEO Dan Connors told Polygon anything is possible,” when it comes to what’s in store for season two – specifically mentioning potential crossover opportunities between the game and the television …

The Skylanders series has now reached $1bn in just 15 months. That’s according to Activision, which has combined sales of toys, accessories, Spyro’s Adventure and Skylanders Giants. It follows Activision chief Bobby Kotick’s pledge to create a new $1bn franchise out of the toy series. The firm says its toy …

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