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Ubisoft has announced that the first free update from Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 is now available for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Year 2 pass holders can download the Operation Velvet Shell update from today, but non-season pass holders will have to wait until February 14th before they can …
Read More »Frontier Developments reveals its next game will be based on “enduring” film series
Braben: "It is creatively stimulating, already has a high worldwide profile, and is a perfect match for our expertise."
Read More »Starbreeze invest $8m into Double Fine’s Psychonauts 2
"We're very proud to be able to add this prominent collaboration to our publishing business,"
Read More »Fire Emblem Heroes made $2.9m on Day One, says new report
Fire Emblem Heroes, Nintendo’s latest mobile game, made $2.9m on its first day, according to mobile data firm Sensor Tower, after being downloaded over 2m times on Android and iOS. That’s still some way behind Nintendo’s first app, Super Mario Run, which Sensor Tower estimates grossed $8.4m in revenue on …
Read More »Owlboy… Tell me the secret of your power
After nine years in development, D-Pad’s 2D pixel art platformer Owlboy finally released in November. Alex Calvin catches up with programmer Jo-Remi Madsen to find out about this adventure nearly a decade in the making
Read More »Zach Gage announces partnership with Merriam-Webster
The wordy team-up heralds a new update for 2012 hit Spelltower and a new word game
Read More »Telltale Games hires Leah Hoyer as new VP of creative
Hoyer will now oversee writing, design and voiceover teams at the company
Read More »Cultural Diversity’s Positive Impact
SuperData’s Stephanie Llamas investigates the reasons racial and ethnic diversity are underrepresented in games, and the effects that this has on their audiences
Read More »Mass Effect Andromeda: Everything you need to know, release date, free trial, price, pre-order deals, season pass, PS4 Pro support and official merchandise
Bioware’s Mass Effect trilogy was one of the most popular sci-fi series of the last generation. Now the Canadian studio’s finally bringing its grand space opera to PS4, Xbox One and PC. Dubbed Mass Effect Andromeda, the latest entry in its intergalactic RPG series promises a world four times the …
Read More »Perfect World Entertainment lay off “fewer than 30” employees
Lay offs hit Perfect World Entertainment's community team, but development won't be affected
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