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Hitman developer Io Interactive has confirmed an unspecified number of job losses. The news follows hot on the heels of the shock announcement that owner Square Enix is looking to sell the Danish studio. "Today at Io, we had to make some changes to our studio, which will allow us …

The VR version of time-bending shooter Superhot will shed its Oculus Rift exclusivity this week. Until now Superhot VR has only been available (officially, at least) to Oculus Rift users. But as of tomorrow (May 25th) the game will be available on Steam, complete with native HTC Vive compatibility. The …

Sony has launched a new curation system on PSN’s PlayStation Store. Called The Creators, the new feature allows select big-name developers to list the games that they would name as their best pick of the titles available on the store. Kotaku reports that the initial lineup includes top PlayStation exec …

London based developer Space Ape Games is now part of the Supercell family. The Clash of Clans maker has acquired a 62 per cent share of the UK outfit for $56m, although Space Ape says it retains complete operational independence” but with the added benefit of tapping into Supercell’s development …

Eight months on since its initial Early Access release and with two console betas under its belt, Paladins has posted some impressive numbers. The Hi-Rez developed game has now attracted over 11m players, and was the most played new game in Steam in 2016. 2m of these 11m players come …

Cliff Bleszinski’s multiplayer shooter LawBreakers has been confirmed for a release on PS4. During my ‘retirement’, honestly, I was bored as hell. My waifu and I were ready to strangle each other. I was getting fat,” the former Gears of War developer said on the PlayStation Blog. Ultimately, I couldn’t …

The RollerCoaster Tycoon series will remain an Atari property until 2022. The announcement says that the agreement provides for investment and expansion of the series” and that Atari will continue to provide ongoing support across its RCT titles and the extension will benefit players with additional investment and product development …

It transpires that the developers who left the Kerbal Space Program team last year headed to Valve. PCGamesN reports that former Valve architect and environmental designer Roger Lundeen revealed the news in the Game Dev Unchained podcast. [Valve] are still buying up mod teams,” he said. There’s the group that …

One of the most anticipated releases of recent times has been pushed back to 2018. Red Dead Redemption 2 had been due out in autumn of this year, but Rockstar has confirmed an approximate six month delay. Red Dead Redemption 2 is now set to launch Spring 2018 on PlayStation …

Blizzard has not backtracked on its plan to retire the Battle.net name. It was announced late last year that Blizzard was to ditch the Battle.net brand. Indeed, the PC launcher itself has already seen its name altered to simply ‘Blizzard Launcher’. However, last week’s Destiny 2 announcement – which contained …