Disney has abandoned the Star Wars 1313 trademark according to an update to the United States Patent and Trademark Office website. Star Wars 1313 was originally revealed at E3 2012 as LucasArt’s next-gen Star Wars based action adventure. Star Wars 1313 was then cancelled in April 2013 when Disney shut…

An interview with Dark Souls II co-director, Yui Tanimura, reveals that the developer has not yet thought about next-gen versions of the game. "We have not put any thought into this yet, so I unfortunately can’t answer at this point," Tanimura replied to Edge as they asked what it would…

Season four of the League of Legends Championship Series started up earlier this week. The European Spring Splits have been hosted in Cologne, Germany, whilst matches in North America started yesterday. You can watch the North American LC Spring Split matches, held in Manhattan Beach, California via livestream through the…

During a press conference today in Osaka, Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata apologized to shareholders for the company’s expected third straight annual operating loss, but has made the statement that he will not be resigning as a result. "There will be no major management shake-up in the short-term," Iwata told a…

A new DLC titles Reign of Giants is in the pipeline for indie adventure game Don’t Starve. Publisher Klei Entertainment revealed the news on Friday Jan 17th with a teaser video. The video and title suggest some new giant monsters being introduced to the world, but little else is revealed. Don’t…

Square Enix’s game streaming service, Core Online, has been taken down after just 18 months, according to the company. The announcement came through the publisher’s support page stating that Core Online “was released as an experiment to see what demand there would be for HD games played via the browser.…

Hello Games may be back to work after their devastating flood, but today they have posted a warning about false beta keys being advertised. Hello Games confirmed that their next game No Man’s Sky is still on track for development, even after losing most of their equipment to flooding on…

Rockstar has announced that Grand Theft Auto Online will be unavailable for around 24 hours later tonight for maintenance, according to the Rockstar Newswire. It is scheduled to start at 2AM GMT/6PM Pacific/9PM Eastern and will last for most of Thursday January 16. “We expect to be back up within…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVRTOExLM9M Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD is not available for the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. The game features Aveline de Grandpré, the first playable female assassin who debuted on the PlayStation Vita and in Assassin’s Creed Black Flag. Assassin’s Creed Liberation has undergone a “complete graphical overhaul, fully-remastered audio and…

Work hasn’t stopped from the developers of Joe Danger and the upcoming No Man’s Sky after their studio flooded on Christmas Eve. Hello Games founder, Sean Murray spoke today on the developer’s official blog about their current situation. The team has assembled in a temporary location, with some developers working…

China’s Ministry of Culture is reworking the guidelines surrounding the standards of console games sold throughout the country after a 14-year ban on foreign system sales, according to Bloomberg. A statement from Cai Wu, the head of China’s Ministry of Culture, the guidelines for console manufacturers and developers are to…

Tekken: A Man Called X, a live-action film to be based on Namco’s Tekken fighting franchise is in development, reports Cinema Today. The film will star martial artist Kane Kosugi who announced his participation in A Man Called X on his website last month. According to Kosugi the movie will…

An upcoming free update to SimCity will implement the requested offline single-player mode. In a new blog entry on the official SimCity website, Maxis general manager Patrick Buechner confirmed the offline mode shall be released “soon.” “Yes, Offline is coming as a free download with Update 10 to all SimCity…

Microtransactions: the lurking force in video games that are becoming ever more popular and working their way into industry titles, something that some gamers increasing feel can ruin the future of gaming. Microtransactions first became popular on mobile gaming apps, with those such as Candy Crush and even Angry Birds…

Game of Thrones Ascent, Disruptor Beam’s strategy game based on the novels and HBO series, will be launching for iOS and Android “in the near future” as reported by Gamezebo. Few details have been revealed except for the storyline. Game of Thrones Ascent is set prior to the assassination of…

Rayman Legends will launch for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will now release on February 18 in North America and February 21 in Europe, Ubisoft announced this morning, a week earlier than previously said. Players will also gain access to exclusive costumes based around other Ubisoft franchise characters for those…

BioWare has released three new pieces of Dragon Age Inquisition environmental art. The art was released over the Christmas period complete with captions. Dragon Age Inquisition is scheduled for release on PC, PS4 and Xbox One in autumn 2014, with the main storyline already fully playable. [gallery link="file" ids="15230,15231,15232"]

Sony’s PlayStation 4 has narrowly outsold the Xbox One to become the UK’s biggest home games console of 2013. Over 530,000 units were sold over five weeks and generated £181.4 million becoming the fastest selling machine in UK history, as reported by MCV. “We are delighted with the very strong…

Nintendo has announced their 3DS sales figures in America have sailed to new heights in 2013, with more than 11.5 million consoles have been sold to date. It’s not just in America that the handheld system has been successful; it was also revealed the 3DS was the best selling gaming…

It appears that the NeoGaf modder Durante has managed to remove the 1080p resolution limit for Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance on PC, and in just a few hours of the games official release on Steam. Developers Platinum Games and Kojima Productions were criticised after revealing Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance would…

Ubisoft has posted two new job advertisements for their San Francisco studio looking for a Lead Gameplay Programmer and a Gameplay Programmer for a “new multiplatform AAA project.” Currently there have been no details released on what the game could be but we can assume that it won’t be part…