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The special edition of Fallout 4 will include a real working Pip-Boy that uses a second screen smartphone app. In the words of Bethesda’s Todd Howard: "In terms of stupid gimmicks, this is the best f***ing one.” The Pip-Boy is a device that Fallout 4’s hero wears, it allows players …

YouTube has announced a new app and website dubbed YouTube Gaming, with the video streaming service apparently ready at last to take a more focused approach towards its abundant video game content creation community. The website and app will be dedicated to Let’s Plays, livestreams, speedruns and other kinds of …

Retail giant opens 70 positions across its game development teams

Fire TV looks as if it may not be the final frontier for Amazon Game Studios. A job listing from the company on Gamasutra suggests that the developer is working on a new PC title. The team is made of former Portal, World of Warcraft and BioShock creators, and we’re …

Gamefly has announced the launch of its new streaming service, which is backed by its recent acquisition of Israel-based cloud gaming platform Playcast. "We’re excited to offer the GameFly streaming service worldwide with Playcast’s market ready and scalable technology," Gamefly CEO David Hodess said. "This represents the perfect evolution of …

YouTube is finally looking to acquire some of the growing video game streaming pie, with the video service announcing the launch of 60 frames per second live streaming. A new post on the YouTube Partners & Creators Blog announces the Twitch-like service, which is available now as an early preview …

Dave Luehmann joins Dallas studio as VP of production

As of today the price of free delivery on Amazon products has been increased. In July 2013 Amazon introduced a minimum 10 spend requirement to qualify for Super Saver Delivery, although a number of items such as books, DVDs and, crucially, games were exempt. These exemptions were then scrapped in …

The operators of a website that sells four and five star reviews for Amazon products is being taken to court by the online retail giant. GeekWire reports that Amazon has accused Jay Gentile of selling fake ‘verified reviews’ to suppliers and even supplying advice on how they can trick Amazon …

Amazon signed a licensing deal for Crytek’s CryEngine that could be worth between $50m to $70m, according to a report. Sources speaking toKotakuclaimed that the recently teasedhuge licensing deal between Crytek and a mystery firmwas in fact with the online retail giant. It is not yet clear what Amazon plans …