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Nearly 900,000 purchases made at an average cost of $5.76

Assassin’s Creed III is the fastest-selling game in Ubisoft’s history, shifting 7m units worldwide. The publisher also showed off some other intriguing stats. Players have spent a combined 8,200 years playing the solo missions, with three billion assassinations. The company boasts that it has had a lot more success with …

Some publisher partners had continued to use service free of charge 'for up to four years'

Up to five indie titles available for just £6

Gamers can now do their bit for charity by picking up a fresh bundle of acclaimed indie PC titles. Following the success of the original last year, GamesAid has released LittleBIGbunch 2 to raise more money for the organisation’s partner charities. The bundle allows gamers to pick up to five …

The STALKER IP has a new home. BitComposer, which published the third title in the STALKER series Call of Pripyet, has acquired the licence from its developer GSC Game World. The deal gives BitComposer exclusive worldwide rights to all video games carrying the STALKER name. The acquisition of the STALKER …

Developer delight over tax cuts but cultural test sparks confusion and dismay

As of midnight tonight, Football Manager Handheld 2013 will be available on iOS and Android devices. The game brings together a number of enhancements implemented as a result of user feedback with improvements including an all-new player comparison module, twitter support for all devices and skins developed specifically for tablet …

The creative director of The Last of Us has admitted that the studio has come under pressure to relegate the game’s female lead Ellie to the background of the game’s cover. The final box art of the game, which can be seen below, has Ellie in the foreground with fellow …

80 per cent of people in the US and Europe are familiar with the SimCity brand, says EA. And more than 12 million people have played a version of SimCity within the last year. EA revealed these stats as it gears up to launchits first true SimCitysequel in ten years …