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Xbox One X pre-orders are back on, Microsoft has announced. After the limited edition Project Scorpio edition of the console became the platform holder’s fastest-selling Xbox pre-order in the company’s history over Gamescom, Microsoft has now re-opened pre-orders for the standard edition of its upcoming 4K powerhouse. The standard edition …

Omen by HP has been announced as the headline sponsor of this year’s Golden Joystick Awards. The awards will return to London for its 35th edition this November at the Bloomsbury Big Top, and will be hosted by comedian Danny Wallace. Over 20 awards will be up for grabs on …

Reality Gaming Group has announced it’s raised over $3.5m through its new initial coin offering (ICO) to fund the development of its upcoming AR mobile combat game, Reality Clash. The ICO began on August 29th using Ethereum blockchain technologies and runs until September 29th, but the amount raised so far …

British studio Automaton Games has secured $10m of investment from Cambridge Venture Partners to create a brand-new massively multiplayer survival combat game using Improbable’s SpatialOS platform and CryEngine, Improbable has announced. The game is currently scheduled for release sometime in 2018, with the first playable content arriving in the spring. …

Fresh off the back of raising $10m in Series A funding, London-based Bossa Studios has announced it’s expanding the studio to Seattle, where former Valve employee Chet Faliszek will be heading up a new project. "Excited I’m joining Bossa Studios to direct an unannounced PC action co-op game trying to …

Capcom’s Monster Hunter World will release worldwide on PS4 and Xbox One on January 26th 2018, the publisher has announced, with the PC release to follow at a later date. The news comes straight out of Tokyo Games Show, which kicked off this morning with a press conference from Sony. …

Publisher 505 Games has announced a new partnership with Might and Magic studio Limbic Entertainment to publish and market the firm’s next title around the world. Details are thin on the ground about Limbic’s new game right now, as the only thing we know is that it’s an online survival …

Tickets for the second edition of Future Games Summit are now on sale, and if you book before Wednesday September 20th, you’ll be able to get a two-day pass for the price of a one-day pass. All you need to do is use the code FLASHSALE when booking tickets on …

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has named Jen MacLean its interim executive director. Her appointment follows the departure of former executive director Kate Edwards, who stepped downat the end of June before joining mental health charity Take This. In MacLean’s new role, she will continue to work closely with …

New London-based indie publisher Ukiyo Publishing has announced its first title – the critically acclaimed puzzle Expand by Australian developers Chris Johnson and Chris Larkin. Expand originally launched on PC back in 2015, but Ukiyo Publishing will now be bringing the title to PS4 on October 3rd in both the …