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At the recent Video Game Awards, Naughty Dog showed of a new trailer for The Last of Us, which ended with a long-awaited announcement of the game’s release date. The new trailer showed new characters, environments and gameplay elements such as horse-back riding, and teased a few plot details as …

Television channel-based cloud gaming service Playcast will launch in the US early next year for set-top boxes, tablets, smartphones, and PCs. The company is currently in talks with game publishers including Activision, THQ, Warner Bros., and Telltale Games ahead of its leap into the states during Q1 2013, according to …

Journey composer Austin Wintory feels privileged to work in a medium that he believes is a ‘Wild West’ for musicians. Wintory’s score for Thatgamecompany’s award-winning title is the first full game soundtrack to receive a Grammy nod – a development that wasn’t lost on Christopher Tin, whose Civilization IV track …

Valve wants to bring Dota 2 to tablets, but the existing tech won’t allow for it quite yet. Speaking with Kotaku at the VGAs last week, Valve boss Gabe Newell revealed the potential port when asked about any interesting software projects in the works. "We were working on getting Dota …

Local multiplayer projects get the greenlight after raising $155,000

Few game IPs command as loyal a following as Metal Gear Solid – and Konami knows this all too well. So when a trailer for a supposedly new IP was premiered at the VGAs last week, whomever was behind it knew that eagle-eyed gamers would do the rest. And what …

Petroglyph to continue working on new titles through 2014

The Pokmon Company International has today confirmed the release of Pokdex for iOS. Described as an illustrated encyclopaedia of more than 640 Pokmon characters”, the app offers a ton of detail about the virtual critters including where they can be found and how best to evolve them. The initial download …

Worbble, the first game to be released through Milestone Interactive’s foray into games publishing, is out now. Developed by Mile Nine Studios, the word-based puzzle game is available for iOS and Android devices. The iOS version is not a universal app though, so iPad users will have to pick up …

Sony has at last dated upcoming PS3 exclusive The Last of Us. As confirmed at the end of the game’s VGA trailer, the adventure title will be with us on May 7th. Being a Tuesday, that’s likely a US launch date with a possible European release on May 10th. The …