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If you ever needed proof that the strategy genre is anything but niche, take one look at Civilization. It’s a deep, complicated turn-based strategy franchise that has sold in excess of 33m copies in its 25-year history. The most successful was Civilization V with 8m games sold to date. The …

Gal*Gun: Double Peace, a Japanese on rails shooter that sees you fend off school girls, has a 67.99 microtransaction that gives you the ability to see through the girl’s clothes. As spotted by Eurogamer, the microtransaction adds the Pheromone Z item to the in game store. Once you equip this …

Mark Cerny took to the stage at Sony’s San Mateo office to talk about the PS4 Pro and reveal a few interesting hardware specs. Speaking at the event Cerny spoke about the improved graphics tech inside the upcoming PS4 Pro, saying that they doubled the power by basically duplicating the …

Peak Games allege My Little Pony: Puzzle Party is a copy of their own game, Toy Blast

WAGE 16 looks to enable developers to compete on world stage

The premium mobile title has made a big splash

Over the weekend indie developer Adriel MsMinotaur” Wallick proposed to Rami Ismail, co-founder of Vlambeer, in Destiny. Wallick roped in the folks over at Bungie to help her out, getting them to add in a custom proposal emote and ring to allow her to pop the question properly. According to …

Titanfall 2 will ship with PlayStation 4 Pro support on the disk, meaning no update will be required to get it looking amazing on the upcoming console. Titanfall producer Drew McCoy revealed that support for the upcoming PS4 Pro is included on the disk when talking to fans on Twitter. …

After three weeks at the top, FIFA 17 has been pushed down to No.2 by another EA title, as Battlefield 1 debuts in top spot. According to GfK, this new entry in the franchise has outsold the combined week one sales for both 2013’s Battlefield 4 and 2015’s Battlefield Hardline. …

Retailer GAME is charging customers to try out PSVR, with 10 getting you 20 minutes with Sony’s new VR headset. Only certain stores appear to be running the promotion, and anyone wanting to try out PSVR must book a slot in advance, so it likely won’t appeal to those who …