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Blizzard’s Diablo III was the best selling game in the US in May, according to NPD’s latest numbers. The achievement doesn’t even take digital sales into account, which in Diablo III’s case would have been sizable. There were four other new entries in the US Top Ten – Rockstar’s Max …

The developer behind cult digital PS3 titles Flow, Flower and Journey is going multiplatform. Thatgamecompany has revealed that it has successfully raised $5.5m from Benchmark Capital, Venturebeat reports. And it wants to use the cash to make games for more platforms to reach larger audiences” according to founder and creative …

Today, a massive sale which began earlier this week on selected titles has become what the web site is calling a ‘Final Clearance’ sale. The sale is explicitly pasted on the front of GAME’s Australian web site, and constitutes 60% off the marked price off the already heavily-discounted range from …

Final tally for pay-what-you want collection almost double any previous offering

App development 'like a drug', says Whale Trail developer

Bestselling casual franchise gets merchandising deals

Investment to allow studio 'complete autonomy from the pressures of publishers'

Computing giant to focus on smaller, more localised events

Computing giant joins Sega and Nintendo in missing this year's event

Just over one year ago, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot fired a warning shot at EA and Activision. The resolute yet softly-spoken Frenchmen told MCV that Ubisoft was on a trajectory to become the No.1 publisher in the world. Today, he’s not so sure. The market is changing,” he says. We …