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The fist shot in the next-gen console battle has seemingly been fired. Microsoft’s community voice Major Nelson has, without any hint of explanation, gone live with a countdown on his blog that leads up to E3. The only text included is thus: And it’s on…” Having at one stage planned …

LGBT friendly relationships promised for Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion

Citizens encouraged to get rid of violent games in wake of Newtown shooting

Publisher removed from stock market as expected after filing for bankruptcy

Producer issues humbling apology and promises to mend his ways

Hit Xbox Live isometric platformer Fez is to go multi-platform this year, developer Phil Fish has revealed. Summing up his year in game development with Polytron, the indie said he had listened to a number of fans asking for the title to be ported to other systems, although he did …

Tories ask for industry feedback on development subsidies

Having only officially launched on Boxing Day, LEGO’s Chima brand is to expand with three video game releases this year. Notably, however, none of them are for home consoles. LEGO Legends of Chima: Speedorz is a racing title that will launch on LEGO.com today and iOS tomorrow (January 3rd). LEGO …

'Someone has to step up and change the hardware rules to bring display latency down', says Michael Abrash

Runic’s digital isometric RPG Torchlight 2 has sold over 1m units. "We had an amazing 2012, and proud to say that Torchlight2 has sold over one million units! Thank you! Happy New Year’s Eve everyone :)," a tweet from developer Runic confirmed. The milestone was reached just three months after …