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Few games have proved as divisive as Resident Evil 6 but the team behind the game has tried to explain the reason behind its design decisions. And as might be expected in this day and age, it’s the desire to tap into as wide an audience as possible that was …

Gully cricket title Street Cricket Champions 2 is in stores now for PS2 and PSP. Priced at Rs 699 on both platforms, this is the third game from Sony’s Street Cricket franchise. The first game – Street Cricket Champions – was also a PS2 and PSP title, while the motion …

Wii/Wii U indie developer Broken Rules has expressed its approval of the openness of Nintendo’s new hardware compared to its predecessor. Speaking with Official Nintendo Magazine, Broken Rules’ Martin Pichlmair revealed his feelings on the growth between the two devices in regards to openness and accessibility toward indies. "I cannot …

Wargaming’s free-to-play MMO World of Tanks has climbed to over 40m registered users. The company announced the figure as being twice as high as the game’s previous milestone set earlier this year. The studio also claims a record-breaking 500,000 concurrent players online on one server based in Russia. World of …

Valve has announced the launch of its creative and development focused software, now available on Steam. The first offerings include a desktop photo application, graphics tests for DirectX 10 and 11, a 3D production program, and a painting/drawing package. All our for windows, with a few being Mac compatible too. …

Sixth iteration of indie bundle gets smallest return since second offering

Unopposed motion comes as twist ending to iPhone suit

Valve offering ten per cent discount off all tools for the first week

Wargaming.net claims more than 500,000 concurrent players on a single server

Egmont Publishing to produce multiple products based on the title next year