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Gave us a proper lump in the throat, this. Dad Mike Hoye loves to play The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker with his daughter. Three and a half year old Maya likes sailing, scary birds and remembering to be brave, rescuing her little brother and finding out what’s happening …

Andrew House to head division managing PlayStation Network

Sportsfriends bundle aims to bring new generation of indie multiplayer games to life

Grand Theft Auto V’s game world is bigger than those of GTA San Andreas, GTA4 and Red Dead Redemption combined, Rcokstar has revealed. In an in-depth 18-page reveal in the latest issue of Game Informer magazine, the game’s art director Aaron Garbut confirmed what we already knew – this is …

Natural Selection 2 posts sales stats giving insight into indie fight for survival

For the first time in the series’ history, Grand Theft Auto 5 will feature three playable protagonists, with the player able to switch between them on-the-fly, Game Informer has revealed. Set in Los Santos, GTA’s rendition of Los Angeles which also appeared in GTA San Andreas, the story of GTAV …

Former Square Enix boss Hisashi Suzuki has publicly decried the company’s 2003 merger, calling it a complete failure. Suzuki, who was part of the company from 2000 to 2005, revealed the total value of publicly traded stock for Square Enix has never surpassed its value prior to the merger. "The …

Capcom has revealed plans to increase internal development staff by 66 per cent over the next ten years. The firm currently employees 1,500 on its development team, and revealed in a financial report Q&A that it intends to bring on an additional 1,000 staff members by 2023. "Our goal is …

The NPD Group has released its October US retail report, showing another major YOY decline in overall sales. The market saw a 25 per cent drop to $755.5m for the period compared to the $1bn made in October 2011. The group is quick to point out that the data only …

Rockstar has at last laid bare its ambitious plans for Grand Theft Auto V. As detailed by US mag Game Informer and reported by CVG, Rockstar says that GTAV’s gameworld is bigger than GTA San Andreas, GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption combined. It even features a fully modelled ocean …