Candy Crush developer King.com has responded to the recent criticisms after trademarking ‘Candy’ and ‘Saga’ and an indie developer’s claim that they stole his game. CEO Riccard Zacconi has published an open letter on the King.com website defending the company’s position. “At its simplest, our policy is to protect our…

Sony has had their stock status reduced to 'junk' by Moody's. The credit ratings agency made this decision due to the companies struggle to remain profitable in areas other than gaming. Moody stated: "Of primary concern are the challenges facing the company’s TV and PC businesses, both of which face…

Not so long ago rumors were circulating that Sucker Punch's PS4 debut title, inFamous: Second Son, would feature a dedicated multiplayer component. This has now come out to be false, with the original story being a case of mis-translation, or poor wording, on a Japanese website. Clarifying the story, Brand…

It’s a familiar story these days. An incredible game is released to critical acclaim, everyone you know has brought it, everyone is playing it and those who have completed it are clamouring for more. The developers comply and announce a sequel: bigger, better, stronger. At every turn we see a…

As of today, Microsoft now own the full rights to the Gears of War franchise. According to the post on Xbox Wire, Black Tusk Studios in Vancouver are going to be taking over development of the series and Rod Fergusson, a former Director of Production at Epic Games (specifically for…

The French gaming website xboxgen have reported that one of there sources has confirmed that the Titanfall Beta will be available from February 14th to the 19th. This was further backed up via some pictures of in store advertisements the source had obtained. "Prepare for the beta coming the 14/02"…

Do you remember back in the original PlayStation days when we were graced with the presence of Resident Evil? This survival horror gem took us by surprise and made us hide behind our blankets more often than any scary movie. As the series continued we kept playing and we kept…

The latest patch for Indie sensation Starbound has been released, and it's the one everyone's been waiting for. This update promises to eliminate the need to wipe players or ships again, and tentatively adds that worlds should also be here to stay. However, your progress will need to be wiped…

2013 was a great year for games. Or was it? Over the holiday period that is largely how I felt. I was unsure whether the last 12 months had really been as amazing as when I first sat down to play all of the games I thought were brilliant, innovative,…

Ubisoft has announced plans to add 100 new jobs to their Quebec City studio. These new positions will be created over the next three years, and is the result of an investment plan totaling $24 million, partially funded by the Quebec government. The studio opened in 2005, and has mainly…

The Dead Linger, a Zombie survival game by Sandswept Studios, recently had a new patch implemented that has cleared up a lot of optimization issues. Due to the movement code for the zombies, large amounts of dead heads on screen at any one time could cause frame rate drops and…

Tales of Phantasia is now available as a free-to-play game for iOS devices on the iTunes App Store. Tales of Phantasia originally launched in 1995. The RPG has since been ported to other platform, including Game Boy Advance and PSP. Tales of Phantasia follows the story of Cress, a young…

Today Capcom have confirmed that Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate will be making its way to Western shores in early 2015. This reveal was made following the announcement of Monster Hunter 4G at Monster Hunter Festa 13, which will be available in Japan later this year. Both Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate…

Sony Online Entertainment has announced a  new subscription plan for its MMO PC players that will start in April. The All Access plan will give one subscription model which provides access to certain titles for $14.99 per month. The monthly fee provides access to Dragon’s Prophet, DC Universe Online, Planetside…

Nvidia marketing manager Philip Scholz dies on January 20 after attempting to pull a man off the train tracks at the Santa Clara Caltrain Station in California, as reported by Mercury News. According to surveillance footage taken, Scholz laid on his stomach in an attempt to pull the man to…

It has been reported on a site named Latino review, that the Halo TV series, announced by Steven Spielberg at Microsofts reveal of the Xbox One, has a potential director for the pilot. Spielberg reportedly wants Niell Blomkamp, director of films such District 9 and Elysium, and the original director…

Terry Cavanagn, creator of indie platformer VVVVVV, was subject to a copyright claim on one of his own trailers when Youtube implemented their Content ID system late last year. He disputed the claim, appealing to Youtube as he owns the right to the musical track used in the VVVVVV trailer,…

It has been revealed today that internet celebrity and well known YouTube Justin 'Jew Wario' Carmical has died at the age of 42. The news came about earlier today via different Twitter posts but was disregarded as a hack or troll. However once Justin's fellow reviewers and friends, particularly those…

Over the last few years, the notion of buying a game has changed. It used to be that if you wanted a game you would go to a store and pick it up knowing that the product you have bought would work. Whilst any bugs that did creep through could…

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If you have been anywhere near the internet in the last few months you may have heard that Pokémon X and Y introduced a new controversial mechanic, Mega Evolution. This allowed fully evolved Pokémon to further evolve and (potentially) get more powerful in the process. From the get-go, this mechanic…