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An augmented reality studio founded by two former Valve employees has ceased operations. That’s according to Polygon, which reports that CastAR and closed its internal development studio Eat Sleep Play and laid off around 70 members of staff across its Palo Alto and Salt Lake City offices. A group of …

Sniper Ghost Warrior 3 and Lords of the Fallen developer CI Games has said that its future titles will be smaller and more tightly focused. Its most recent Sniper game faced a rough reception from critics, most of whom agreed that there were an unacceptable number of bugs. We’ve learned …

The developer behind Prison Architect has said that its latest release has proved a huge commercial disappointment. Scanner Sombre released in April but has managed to sell just 6,000 copies in its first two months on Steam. Prison Architect, meanwhile, has sold well in excess of 2m units. "It’s bombed …

The launch of Sega Forever has been positive, the company has argued, although it concedes that there are lessons to be learned. Sega last week launched a number of its retro titles on mobile under the new Sega Forever banner. The games are free to download and play, although gamers …

Will the SNES Mini be as hard to find as its predecessor the NES Mini? That’s the burning question following yesterday’s announcement. The NES Mini remained incredibly hard to find throughout its short life and was then unceremoniously cancelled by Nintendo. Already gamers are rushing to pre-order the SNES Mini …

Master X Master is doing a lot of things different in the MOBA space, introducing deep social features, and a more action-heavy focus. Perhaps most interestingly however, they’re also looking to add a fully featured player versus enemies (PVE) mode shortly after launch.  We spoke to Sean Orlikowski, NCSoft’s Master …

After months of rumours, Nintendo has confirmed that a SNES version of its Nintendo Classic Mini console will be arriving this autumn on September 29th. Officially titled the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, the miniature 16-bit system will come with 21 pre-installed games in total, including the never-before-released …

The worldwide games market grew by 9 per cent year-on-year in May, according to the latest report from SuperData,reaching $7.8bn. Once again, mobile was the strongest driver last month, with the sector growing by 16 per cent year-on-year. Free to play also grew by 17 per cent, while pay to …

Sean Cleaver sits down with Ghost Town Games to find out how the two-man team made a BAFTA award-winning co-op experience and how touring it around conventions gave valuable feedback

After clutching victory in both the Dreamhack Open and the ECS Season 3 finals, SK are looking like one of the strongest Counter-Strike: Global Offensive squads in the world.  They’re currently on a summer break, a working holiday that’s seeing the team venture to Europe with the aim of smashing …