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Developers have missed opportunity to expose millions to new medium, claims industry luminary

As more details on Grand Theft Auto V keep trickling, Rockstar today released the game’s second trailer. The trailer reveals a lot more about the game, including introductions to the game’s three playable protagonists. Several NPCs are also introduced as are many of the activities that the player will be …

New team working on Need For Speed game, seeking applications

Aggressive company expansion comes with big price tag

Australian Interactive Games Fund to help give home-grown developers an edge

Modern Warfare 4 will be Call of Duty’s next offering, according to alleged voiceover leaks from the game. Siliconera has word from anonymous sources that voice acting work is already underway in Los Angeles for a Call of Duty title that’s said to carry on the Modern Warfare arc. Given …

PS3 users have been enjoying the many benefits of PlayStation Plus for a while, but starting 21st November, Sony will welcome PlayStation Vita users into the fold. The subscription-based service gives users automatic game and firmware updates, cloud game saves, discounts on PlayStation Store purchases, full game trials, beta access, …

The fifth and final chapter of Telltale’s The Walking Dead Season One will release next week for consoles, PC, and iOS. ‘Episode Five – No Time Left’ will arrive first on Tuesday, November 20th on the North American Playstation Network, and November 21st on the European Playstation Network, Xbox Live, …

GameStop has announced it sold over 1m copies of Call of Duty: Black Ops II yesterday. President Tony Bartel told Business Week that the figure is on pace to set the retail chain’s largest launch of all time. ‘Black Ops II’ is shaping up to be our biggest game launch …

Minecraft fans now have the chance to have their most impressive digital creations recreated in the real-world. Owned by former Microsoft exec Ed Fries, FigurePrints specialises in making models based on in-game creations. It already offers a World of Warcraft and Xbox Live avatar service (although the latter is being …