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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 …

Main conference submissions accepted now through August 28th

Barclays and Goldman Sachs reported to be brought in to broker $8bn deal

Second class action filing in two months against troubled publisher

Benchmark Capital investor speaks out on uncertainty of digital transformation

Denki MD Colin Anderson looks at how to please the casual user looking for a high-end console experience

Company MDs to focus on new mobile games company AppFlag

Peer-to-peer activity on The Pirate Bay in the UK is almost back at the level it was before the site was blocked. The BBC reports that an ISP – speaking under conditions of anonymity – said UK P2P traffic for the site peaked throughout the high-profile court case that resulted …