In the last few years, live-streaming video games has taken the world by storm thanks to services such as Twitch and YouTube. One of the companies that provides vital support to these activities is SplitmediaLabs, whose XSplit Gamecaster software allows anyone with a high speed internet connection to show off…

Although it has only been in the public spotlight for a few years, episodic gaming has risen to become of one of the most popular genres of the current generation. Whether they are released weeks or months apart, each of them brings a unique window of perspective into the world…

Dear Konami, We’re a small site and we can only do what we do here with the support of the large video game publishers who send us review copies of games early, provide us with press resources and the like. Konami are one such company who we have been lucky…

In an announcement that came to the shock of many, the highly successful Brawl mod Project M, has ceased development according to a statement released on their official website this morning. A reason for the halting of the development is not quite clear. Some of the PM developers have gone…

Following the overwhelming success of EGX 2015, Gamer Network have decided to have EGX 2016 back at the NEC in Birmingham, between September the 22nd to the 25th. They've taken into account much of the feedback from this year's event, including queue times for games and the fact that some…

Coming back from EGX and experiencing the indie offers at the show, I could not shake a creeping suspicion I’ve had about the indie space for a long time. For all your The Wall Shall Stands and your Giant Cops, there were 2 zombie survival shooters with crafting and roguelike…

In what has been a trying weekend for both Street Fighter fans and people over at Capcom HQ, Capcom have decided to pull the plug on this current phase of the beta until a later date. In a blog post by community manager Peter 'Combofiend' Rosas, he revealed that while…

GamesIndustry.biz, the world’s leading video games trade website, and United Kingdom Interactive Entertainment (Ukie), the trade body representing the UK video games industry, today announced a renewed partnership to help guide the next generation of games industry employees through the first steps to a successful career in the video games…

In some incredibly depressing news, Nintendo of Japan has announced that Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo, has passed away aged 55 due to a bile duct growth. While it was known that Mr Iwata had been ill for a while and had to miss this year's E3, it was never…

So, the Twittersphere has blown up over the past few days in both praise and despair at the launch of Mortal Kombat X. People have lauded its Story Mode, Variation system and the surfeit of content that kombatants can dig their teeth into. Others have lamented at its dodgy netcode,…

In a press conference coming out of Japan today, Nintendo and DeNA have formed a business alliance together, with Nintendo owning 10% of DeNA and DeNA owning 1.24% of Nintendo. While this may seem like dull business talk, this alliance comes with the big announcement that Nintendo will be partnering…

Creative Assembly & The Guardian are teaming up to bring the Creative Assembly Game Jam to video game event EGX Rezzed. Located at the GamesIndustry Fair, a section of the event, educators, employers and recruiters will help the next developing games professionals hone their skills and learn in a team environment.…

With Capcom now being open to outsider buyout due to the ending of its takeover defense, let me give you my opinions on who should buy/get exclusive rights to Capcom’s major franchises, should companies start to buy majority stock in it. Franchises Capcom would keep: - All of its fighting…

In news coming out of a shareholder meeting at Capcom, the company has voted to end its shareholder defense which was set up in 2008, now allowing companies to buy majority stock in Capcom. This move does not affect Capcom as being a third party developer but it does mean…

Epic Games will be giving Unreal Engine 4 users “access to everything.” Users must subscribe and pay $19 per month for the service and give a flat 5 percent royalty fee on game sales. The new business model for Unreal Engine goes live today and is aimed at “early adopters.”…

Microsoft has announced plans to launch Xbox One in 26 new markets in September 2014. Yusuf Mehdi, Xbox’s corporate VP of marketing, strategy and business, confirmed the following list of planned launch markets via a post on Xbox Wire: Argentina, Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, India,…

Amazon US is listing a DriveClub release date of Tuesday September 30, 2014. The retailer has also reportedly begun informing pre-order customers when they can expect to receive the game via email, based on “a new release date” apparently supplied by Sony. It is alleged Amazon have said that pre-order…

As time goes on we expect all technology to get cheaper, including newly released consoles and their accessories, this however is not the case currently in Canada where the price for a PlayStation 4 has received a suggested $50 increase as of March 15th. At launch the PlayStation 4 had…

Good Old Games have gone back on their decision to use regional pricing on certain titles. Announced last month, GOG wanted to use regional pricing to allow them to stock more recent titles from big name publishers. GOG detailed the reversal through their news feed, stating "we make mistakes. We…

In January I reported that Secret World developer Funcom were under financial scrutiny by the Norwegian government over trader infringement. Since then little has been released about the Økokrim's raid on their headquarters and the results of the investigation. Thankfully Funcom CEO Ole Schreiner has shed some light on the situation. Speaking…

Naughty Dog, the studio behind The Last of Us has announced today the PS3 exclusive has sold over 6 million copies of the title. The studio released this news as it heads into GDC net week with scheduled presentations where it will “talk about some of the techniques and process…