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As 2016 draws to a close, most people will be looking forward to see what’s in store next year. There are certainly plenty of big titles on the horizon, from Resident Evil 7 and Mass Effect Andromeda to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Horizon: Zero Dawn. …

The development team behind Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online have left Turbine, taking the games with them. Both titles will now be looked after by new indie studio Standing Stone Games. Furthermore, it has partnered up with Daybreak Games (formerly Sony Online Entertainment) which will …

One of the year’s most underrated titles has expanded its virtual reality support to two other systems. At launch rhythm action game Thumper supported only PlayStation VR, despite also being available on PC. The game has now been updated, however, to support VR on both HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. …

There is some conflicting data floating around regarding the early success of Super Mario Run. Analyst SensorTower reckons that Nintendo’s first full smartphone debut clocked up over 25m downloads worldwide in its first four days up to December 18th, earning over $21m in revenue in the process. That means the …

Warner Bros has apparently scrapped plans for a Suicide Squad game, with attention instead being pushed toward the next Batman title. Kotaku has word from sources that the game was canned earlier this month having been in development for around two years. There isn’t much specific information regarding the problems …

The acquisition, for an undisclosed fee, will go through early next year

Standing Stone Games will be taking the reigns on both of the games

App Annie figures suggest it's not just a certain Italian plumber that's super

Recent radio silence and lack of public appearances caused rumours Luckey had departed company he started

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