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The audio team at Frontier talk Develop through the recording and the mixing of the rollercoaster construction game

Andy Robson, the managing director of QA company Testology, has suggested in a Facebook post that Muslims should be forcibly removed from the UK. Kotaku UKreports that the now deleted post read (verbatim): I don’t give to monkeys about brexit or who’s voting as I don’t care because they are …

Tekken 7 has punched straight in at No.1 in the Japanese weekly chart, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, selling 54,319 copies in its first four days on sale. While not quite as successful as the PS3 launch of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (which sold around 69,000, says Famitsu), …

Overwatch pro Daniel ‘Dafran’ Francesca has had a rough night. Last night on stream he admitted to deliberately throwing ranked games, while getting himself killed repeatedly, streaming animated porn over his gameplay and other general unsportsmanlike content. Francesca is known for two things: his tracking and aim talents, and his …

Today, E3 seems like the most monolithic of institutions, but it wasn’t ever thus. The first one I attended was the second ever, in 1996, and it had a very different cast of major players. I was taken out by the long-forgotten 7th Level – the only publisher to get …

New global partnership aims to expand portfolios and push growth in new markets

Call of Duty Infinite Warfare fans are rejoicing today after a new patch for the game has gotten rid of the much-hated snaking. Snaking is a term used to describe the practice where players of Infinity Ward’s shooter can drop in and out of prone very quickly, which was dominating …

Business Insider has apparently handed its Innovation Initiator award to controversial key reseller G2A. The announcement was made via G2A itself. G2A has been recognized by Business Insider for its strong focus on innovation and the research and development of new products, services, and solutions,” the company said. G2A was …

Consumer console to be unveiled in three days time