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Take-Two share prices fall after GTA 5 delay

Take-Two share prices fall after GTA 5 delay

Down 12 per cent.

EA says games are not responsible for gun violence

EA says games are not responsible for gun violence

"There appears to be the perception of a problem."

The idea of Sony buying Xbox is “ridiculous”- analyst

The idea of Sony buying Xbox is “ridiculous”- analyst

"The Xbox brand is not for sale."

THQ officially files for bankruptcy

THQ officially files for bankruptcy

It's official now.

PC gaming will become dominated by indie titles, we won’t see many Triple-A games in the future- Guild Wars 2 dev

PC gaming will become dominated by indie titles, we won’t see many Triple-A games in the future- Guild Wars 2 dev

Well, that's a drastic prediction.

Valve dev says gaming industry is not sexist

Valve dev says gaming industry is not sexist

Saying so is a major disservice to developers, according to her.

Sony selling $1.9 billion worth of convertible bonds

Sony selling $1.9 billion worth of convertible bonds

Will this help them fund their aspired Gaikai acquisition?

Take-Two might open an office in Las Vegas

Take-Two might open an office in Las Vegas

Government offering incentives.

Phone style contracts are “pivotal to our business”- Microsoft

Phone style contracts are “pivotal to our business”- Microsoft

Expect more of the same in the future.

Valve Officially jumps into Hardware Development

Valve Officially jumps into Hardware Development

Valve's job listing confirms hardware development under "Industrial Designer" "As an Industrial Designer at Valve, you will join a world-class group of electrical, mechanical, software engineers a... Read More

Nintendo Power – Shutting Down

Nintendo Power – Shutting Down

Nintendo Power has officially reported that the publication of their magazines is about to be over. Nintendo Power has been around for 24 years, and now the time has come an end.  We do not kno... Read More

PopCap Official Blog Confirms Major Layoffs

PopCap Official Blog Confirms Major Layoffs

Today the PopCap founder John Vechey officialy stated that they have laid off many of their employees via their official blog post on their website. Here is the full blog post from the main man him... Read More

THQ Lays off Employees for Strategic Purposes

THQ Lays off Employees for Strategic Purposes

THQ has reported that they had laid off 20 employees from their marketing, and production teams. This is what THQ spokesperson had to say regarding this lay off, "THQ confirms a realignment has take... Read More

PlayStation Europe CEO: physical will stay “the norm” for at least five years

PlayStation Europe CEO: physical will stay “the norm” for at least five years

In an interview with CVG, PlayStation Europe CEO Jim Ryan thinks that respite the upsurge in the digital market, physical disks will remain the primary source of games distribution for at least the ne... Read More

Walk a Critical Path with this intriguing project trailer

Walk a Critical Path with this intriguing project trailer

What is CRITICAL///PATH? Well, to be honest, we're not entirely sure, although it looks to be an exciting developer-led game design critique project. What we do know for  is that it looks mighty inte... Read More

Kid Icarus: Uprising Developer No More

Kid Icarus: Uprising Developer No More

Remember Masahiro Sakurai? The man's literally become the face for the new Super Smash Bros' development. The game was thought to be jointly developed by Namco-Bandai and Project Sora, Sakurai's stu... Read More

48-hour job swap event for devs and journalists

48-hour job swap event for devs and journalists

Starting at 5pm on Friday 5th October, five journalists will be switching roles with five developers to create a game in just 48 hours. As part of the London Games Festival, hosted by UKIE with M... Read More

Rockstar Games Dissolves Vancouver Division, Max Payne 3 Developer

Rockstar Games Dissolves Vancouver Division, Max Payne 3 Developer

Rockstar Games recently announced that it was dissolving the Vancouver division, responsible for the critically and commercially strong Max Payne 3, that recently released for PC, PS3 and XBox 360.... Read More

Wii U System Specs and GPU Info Confirmed

Wii U System Specs and GPU Info Confirmed

Though initially rumoured about (with specs to the same released a day before E3), we've finally received confirmation about the Wii U's specs and capabilities. Some of the said specs are: Power... Read More

Nintendo 3DS Makes up 55% Gaming Hardware in Japan, Wii U Not “Parasitic” to TVs

Nintendo 3DS Makes up 55% Gaming Hardware in Japan, Wii U Not “Parasitic” to TVs

President Satoru Iwata had quite a task ahead at Nintendo's 72nd annual general meeting. This being a chance to address the share-holders, he enunciated on the penetration of the Nintendo 3DS and th... Read More