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Nintendo is closing down another of its social experiments, Miiverse. It’s the latest in a long history of abandoned social functions in both home console and handhelds. Jem Alexander ponders whether any social gimmicks can cross console generations and, if so, which

After huge success in the US, Activision is bringing its Call of Duty Endowment programme to the UK. Funded by an in-game purchase in Call of Duty: Black Ops III, the charity will provide grants to help UK armed-forces veterans find ‘high-quality’ employment. For Call of Duty players, the Call …

UPDATE: Hines has since tried to retract his statement via a tweet, saying: "I probably just had a concussion from the beating I took online and was rambling. Ignore." Though it’s hard to know from that whether there’s no further title this year or not. Bethesda’s VP of marketing and …

The creator led marketplace has twelve creators contributing maps and game modes for the survival crafting game

During a livestream earlier today, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot announced the creation of a new studio in Saguenay (Quebec, Canada) and a massive investment plan for the region – the most important one for Ubisoft since it opened its first studio in Quebec in 1997. Ubisoft Saguenay will open as …

Saguenay will be the fourth studio in the area, opening January 31st, 2018, with the second opening at a later date in the future

New Fall Creators update allows support for MR headsets with the hardware due to lsunch on the same day

WB Games to donate $3.50 of every purchase to the family through to December 31st, 2019

Epic Games’ Developing Beyond competition has now entered its final phase and the final three games have been chosen. Jem Alexander speaks to the finalists to find out how the process has been, and discover what it’s like to collaborate with a scientific researcher on their projects

A year and a half after the beginning of their collaboration, distributor Koch Media and racing games developer and publisher Codemasters announced the renewal of their partnership. The new deal will see the collaboration carry on for another two years. The details of the agreement will remain the same: this …