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Temple Run 2 has become the fastest-growing mobile game to date, surpassing 50m downloads in just under two weeks on iOS and Android. The now record-setting title hit the milestone 22 days ahead of Rovio’s Angry Birds Space across iOS, Android, PC, and Mac. "Temple Run has evolved into something …

VZBV claims Steam end-user license agreement is in violation of European law

This week down under, MCV takes a look at what GTA V’s slip means for 2013, Game Jam voting is set to begin and Path of Exile enter beta. The GTA V slip is on everyone’s lips, so MCV took a closer look at what this might mean for the …

Sony has dropped a big hint that a PlayStation 4 reveal could be less than three weeks away. A trailer on PlayStation’s official YouTube channel carries the date, which comes at the end of a montage involving the traditional PlayStation icons. There is also a dedicated webpage counting down to …

DirectX 'no longer evolving as a technology'

Exhibitors that book their place at this year’s Gamescom will save 15 per cent – but only before February 15th. The organisers of the trade and consumer show have confirmed the early booking period ends in two weeks time, after which exhibition spaces will return to full price. "Favourable conditions" …

Trade body backs creator of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee on the importance of computer science

FPS pulled 'out of rotation'

Duncan Jones, the director of Moon and Source Code, has signed up to direct the big screen live-action adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft. Warcraft has a script by K-PAX and Blood Diamond screenwriter Charles Leavitt whilst Charles Roven, producer of the Dark Knight trilogy, takes on producing duties …

Rockstar has confirmed a surprise release date for Grand Theft Auto V. The game will be released on September 17th, far later than the previously announced spring release date. The date applies only to the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions. Rockstar itself has apologised for the slip, which it says …