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Anonymous sources are claiming that a contract dispute is behind the delay of Prey 2. Bethesda yesterday dispelled rumours that the game had been canned, though did concede that it had been delayed to some point in 2013. Now ShackNews claims to have word from a secretive insider that the …

David Braben speaks out on controversial advertising practices used by games developers

But the studio's co-founder hopes for future partnerships

The Maxis senior VP gets the rapid-fire question treatment

Activision has released a brand new trailer for upcoming action title Transformers: Fall of Cybertron. And this time the limelight is handed over to Dinobot leader and general Jurassic badass Grimlock. As well as some concept art, we also see him in-action via some alpha game footage. Watch out for …

EA has released the first – it must be said, very short – trailer for recently announced 2013 shooter Crysis 3. In it we see the first footage of protagonist Prophet and the cover-adorning new crossbow. The game sees Prophet return to New York to find it encased in a …

Such has been the fantastic and ongoing success of Xbox 360 in the last few years that the industry can’t help but be worried when the market leader posts such disappointing numbers. Microsoft has reported that total Xbox 360 hardware sales hit 1.4m units shipped for the quarter ending March …

EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO may already be fading in regards to player numbers, a new report from Cowen and Company suggests. The game is forecasted to keep 1.25m subs by the end of the fiscal year, a steep and rather quick decline from the 1.7m figure recorded …

Kickstarter has had a significant impact on the games industry in just the past several weeks alone. Rock, Paper, Shotgun reports the crowdfunding site has brought in over $10m in guaranteed funding for game development projects since the beginning of March. That figure includes all projects that have either concluded …

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s first Content Collection is now available for all PS3 players. The CoD Community blog has announced that non-premium Call of Duty Elite members and stock MW3 players now have access to several multiplayer maps and a couple of Spec Ops missions. Maps include Overwatch, …