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Denuvo’s time as the shining light of PC piracy protection seems to be over. Developer TequilaWorks has released an update to remove the DRM from the PC version of Rime after it was cracked within five days of being released. That’s the same amount of time it took for hackers …

MMO developer Richard Garriott has insisted that the future of Shroud of the Avatar is not in doubt. Kotaku reports that fans began to express concern when his studio Portalarium announced an additional equity crowdfunding campaign, and also revealed that it currently has $528k in the bank and monthly expenses …

Saber Interactive has said that its upcoming release Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn will be given away fro free on Nintendo Switch. The reason? The company’s recent release NBA Playgrounds launched on Nintendo’s machine without online play. The omission was particularly painful for gamers after Saber boss Matthew Karch had …

Bandai Namco’s PS4, Xbox One and PC fighter Tekken 7 has debuted at the top of the UK All Formats Top 40. It’s the first Tekken title to claim the top spot since Tekken 3 for the PS1 way back in 1998. The most recent Tekken release, Tag Tournament 2, …

HTC’s plans to spread its wings beyond its high-end Vive headset have been bolstered with the surprise launch of a new device in Japan. UploadVR reports that the HTC Link is compatible with the company’s new U11 smartphone. It promises full 6DOF tracking (six degrees of freedom), which has not …

A small alteration has been made to the Korean version of Atlus RPG Persona 5 in response to a controversy that has been rumbling on for some time. Kotaku reports that as early as last year some South Korean gamers has noticed that game character Ryuji Sakamoto appeared to be …

Codemasters and Koch Media have announced a new release date for Micro Machines World Tour Series. That game formerly had an April 21st release date. That was missed, obviously, and now the game is due out on PS4, Xbox One and PC on June 23rd. The game features 12 vehicles …

Developer Rain Games has revealed that it was the Wii U version of its game Teslagrad that was the most successful. The puzzle platformer was between 2013 and 2015 released on a myriad of platforms, including PC, PS3, PS4, Vita and, most recently, Xbox One. But it was Nintendo’s machine …

The Pokemon Company has released another Pokemon title on smartphones. This one is called Magikarp Jump and sees players first fishing for a Magikarp and then training and levelling it so as to become an accomplished jumper. Obviously. Once said Magikarp is either knocked out or retired, players start over …

World of Tanks maker Wargaming has apologised for its seemingly heavy-handed tactics in a recent row over criticism it received from a YouTuber. The games company reacted badly last week to a video by avid World of Tanks player SirFoch in which he criticised the new $79.99 Chrysler K Grand …