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Square Enix has teamed up with the Warsaw-based Bulletstorm studio People Can Fly in a new external development partnership, the publisher has announced. The partnership will see both companies working together to develop a new and original triple-A title for PC and consoles. In order to carry out this new …

Production agency Attention Seekers has today announced that it’s entered into an exclusive agreement with BT Productions – the production arm of BT Sport – to produce new TV formats and live content programming based around games. The joint venture will see Attention Seekers creating content that covers all forms …

Say hello to Ubisoft’s new logo. Unveiled yesterday on the Ubisoft blog, the publisher said the ‘new swirl’ marks "a new era" for Ubisoft as it puts a renewed focus on its live and digital game portfolio, as well as its player-centric approach to creating its immersive, future game worlds. …

The Pokemon Company released its latest financial report this week, and its net sales reached an incredible $143.3m in the last fiscal year (ended February 28th 2017), showing a massive growth of 2,458 per cent compared to last year. To put that in perspective – that’s 26x higher than The …

The creators behind PlayStation titles Pain and Ratchet: Deadlocked HD have reformed to create a brand-new studio. Previously known as Idol Minds, the studio has now re-branded itself as Deck Nine Games, marking a new direction for the Colorado-based development team as it shifts its focus toward narrative-driven games. Deck …

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has finally been knocked off the top spot in Japan by Falcom’s Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana for the PS4, according to the latest data from Famitsu. The action RPG, which is due to launch in the UK this September, sold 30,764 copies in its first …

Take-Two has acquired the IP rights to Squad’s physics-based space sim game Kerbal Space Program, the publisher has announced. The title, which was originally released on Steam in April 2015, has sold over 2m copies so far, and received a PS4 and Xbox One port in July last year. The …

Sonic Mania finally has a release date, and it’s getting a special collector’s edition for the Nintendo Switch to boot, Sega has confirmed. Launching on August 15th 2017 for PS4, Xbox One, PC and Switch, Sonic Mania celebrates the best of classic Sonic with all the benefits of modern day …

FIFA 17 is once again the biggest-selling digital title in the UK, according to SuperData’s latest digital charts data. The EA title made a massive 7.84m in April, which is up 6.2 per cent month-on-month. March’s No.2, Ubisoft’s Ghost Recon Wildlands, however, fell to No.5 last month, after a 62 …

I am Setsuna developer Tokyo RPG Factory has unveiled its next project. Entitled Lost Sphear, the title will be coming to PS4, Nintendo Switch and Steam in early 2018, with an exclusive physical edition available from the Square Enix Online Store for PS4 and Switch. Fans who pre-order the game …