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Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken, the latest novel based on Ubisoft’s flagship action series, will be released this December. It will once again be written by Oliver Bowden, the pen name for "an acclaimed novelist and historian who currently lives in Paris", according to CVG. Forsaken will expand on the story of …

Barclays and Goldman Sachs have been called into to help Vivendi secure the $8.1bn sale of Activision Blizzard, reports the Wall Street Journal. Vivendi’s share price shot up on reports it is looking to sell the Call of Duty and World of Warcraft publisher. Rumours that Vivendi was planning to …

Dawnguard, the first downloadable content for Bethesda’s 2011 epic The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has finally made its way onto the Indian Xbox Live Marketplace. Last month, we reported that Dawnguard had skipped the Indian marketplace when it was released worldwide. Now, India users can finally purchase the DLC nearly …

We’re living in the new age of indie development. And at the same time we’re witnessing the weakening of the mega-publisher. But that doesn’t mean we should always side with the little man in the battle. As Polytron’s Phil Fish has just proved. The developer this morning issued a statement …

Tom Hanks’ upcoming animated series Electric city has received the mobile game treatment via Jump Games’ role-playing game Electric City: The Revolt. In The Revolt, you play as one of the key characters from the animated series. Your aim is to undermine the totalitarian control of Electric City and restore …

Capcom Vancouver has confirmed its parted ways with a portion of its staff, adding that the studio is in no danger of shutting down. The Dead Rising 2 developerspoke upon Twitter after reports started swirling around its potential demise. The firm has cut 20 members of staff from its studio. …

Developer WayForward has announced release date and pricing info for Double Dragon: Neon. The new take on the classic franchise will arrive via digital distribution September 11th on PSN , and September 12th on XBLA. The retro love letter also includes a drop-in, drop-out online co-op mode that WayForward has …

Mumbai-based developer Yellow Monkey Studio has announced its next game – Huebrix, for release on Independence Day, 15th August. Huebrix is a grid-based puzzle game, where the aim is to draw coloured pathways to fill the grid without ever overlapping each other. Yellow Monkey recently celebrated its five-year anniversary, and …

Microsoft has announced an official release date for Windows 8. The latest OS from the software company will arrive on October 26th, Microsoft’s Steven Sinofsky announced at its annual sales meeting earlier today as well as on the Windows blog. The new operating system will be integrated with Microsoft’s Surface …

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