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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 …

Digital distribution platform makes way to Mac

The critical success of Thatgamecompany’s Journey was not enough to stop the developer going bankrupt, boss Jenova Chen has claimed. Journey was the best-selling game on PlayStation Network in 2012 and while over time it has just about returned a profit, Chen is demanding commercial success that rivals his studio’s …

Getting a taster of your game into the hands of consumers is essential, right? Perhaps not. Speaking to the crowd at DICE 2013, the CEO of crowd designed gaming site Puzzle Clubhouse used data from Xbox 360 releases to suggest that games tended to perform better when gamer’s were still …

Per-user monetisation rates set to grow rapidly on Android, says Gree's Anil Dharni

The first beta gameplay footage of Slender: The Arrival has been released online. And it’s not for those of a nervous disposition. The game is a high-tech remake of free cult hit Slender: The Eight Pages and uses a considerable improvement in graphical quality to up the tension levels. Developer …

It looks like at least three Sony properties will have new game announcements alongside the PS4 next Wednesday. LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule has added a mysterious ?” to its list of titles on its website, the contents of which is an embedded YouTube video of Toyah Wilcox performing It’s a …

Illegal file-sharing 'inevitable', so small developers should embrace it, says Sean Hogan

Having already handled much of Codemasters’ European distribution, Namco Bandai has now taken control of the publisher’s UK distribution as well. It’s an expansion of a deal that first arose in 2010, and not as some may fear a first move toward the closure of Codemasters’ publishing business. There has …