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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has finally been knocked off the top spot in Japan by Falcom’s Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana for the PS4, according to the latest data from Famitsu. The action RPG, which is due to launch in the UK this September, sold 30,764 copies in its first …

As Rainbow Six Siege’s ‘Year Two’ content continues to release, Develop talks to Ubisoft Montreal’s brand director for the game, Alexandre Remy, about the challenges the team faced on the title

GTA publisher have been 'persistently knocking on our door'

Take-Two has acquired the IP rights to Squad’s physics-based space sim game Kerbal Space Program, the publisher has announced. The title, which was originally released on Steam in April 2015, has sold over 2m copies so far, and received a PS4 and Xbox One port in July last year. The …

German organisation mousesports has announced that it has brought in the German arm of telephone company Vodafone as its head sponsor. The deal kicks off today, and already sees the organisations CS:GO team wearing new jerseys with the Vodafone logo slapped across the middle. As well as the jersey sponsorship …

In what is perhaps the strangest Twitch Plays yet, someone has set up a bot that lets Twitch chat invest $50,000 on the New York stock exchange. Stock Stream has been set up with $50,000, with donations also adding to that total. This $50,000 is then invested in the stock …

Jordon joins as System Designer for new RPG Alaoth - Champions of the Four Kingdoms

Riot Games have announced that they are overhauling the runes and masteries system within League of Legends and will make them all free. Despite doing very similar things, giving small buffs to champions depending on which are selected, the two systems have been in League for years. If players want …

Sonic Mania finally has a release date, and it’s getting a special collector’s edition for the Nintendo Switch to boot, Sega has confirmed. Launching on August 15th 2017 for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch, Sonic Mania celebrates the best of classic Sonic with all the benefits of modern day …

FIFA 17 is once again the biggest-selling digital title in the UK, according to SuperData’s latest digital charts data. The EA title made a massive 7.84m in April, which is up 6.2 per cent month-on-month. March’s No.2, Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, however, fell to No.5 last month, after a 62 …