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Pillars of Eternity Delayed

Obsidian Entertainment’s crowd-funded role-playing title, Pillars of Eternity, has been delayed due to its substantial size, project lead Josh Sawyer recently told Eurogamer.Originally the game was...

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Arkham Origins Dev has no Plans to Fix Game Breaking Bugs

A post on the Batman Arkham Origins forums reveals that they are not planning to release any patches for the game and its game breaking bugs. Instead developer Warner Bros. are focusing on their newest...

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Irrational Games To Dissolve, Ken Levine Re-Focusing On “Replayable Narrative”

Ken Levine, partial founder of Irrational Games, has announced that the studio will be dissolving, but he will be working with 15 members of Irrational staff to re-focus on narrative driven...

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Xbox One Beta Program Allows Players Preview Future Updates

Microsoft is introducing a new beta program for the Xbox One that will allow users to test system updates before their launch.Xbox One’s beta program starts today, Feb 20, and Microsoft is inviting...

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Kongregate CEO Stepping Down

Founder and CEO of Kongregate, Jim Greer, will be stepping down later this month to focus on a new project that will be political in nature.Gamasutra reports that he will be succeeded by his sister,...

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GOG Introducing Regional Pricing For Bigger Releases

DRM fighters, Good Old Games, are introducing a controversial regional pricing system for future big releases sold through the store.Regional pricing is where a games price is semi-dictated by the...

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Gearbox Suing 3D Realms And Interceptor Over Illegal Use Of Duke Nukem

3D Realms and Interceptor Entertainment have found themselves in hot water after Gearbox Software accused them of illegally using the Duke Nukem licence.This is due to the countdown site for Duke...

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Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall announces his step back from lead on DayZ

Fans of the defining zombie survival game, DayZ may be shocked to hear that he plans on stepping back from lead designer for his own IP. Not only will Dean ‘Rocket’ Hall be stepping back from lead on...

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King Abandons “Candy” Trademark Claim In The US

Candy Crush creator King have abandoned their copyright claim for the word “Candy” in the US after weeks of controversyAccording to documents filed with the U.S Patent and Trademark Office, King “filed...

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Steam Developers Can Now Discount Their Games

Developers on Steam can now set discounts on their own games without Valve’s confirmation, a Reddit user has found. The information was taken from Valve’s private Steamworks community page. Formerly...

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God of War Dev Cancelled a New IP

Former lead level designer for Sony Santa Monica, has confirmed a mystery IP probably won’t see the light of day after a round of layoffs, Jonathan Hawkins explained in a series of tweets.“Yesterday, I...

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Grand Theft Auto Online Business Update in March

Rockstar revealed the next free content update for Grand Theft Auto 5 and its multiplayer coming on March 4. The Business Update focuses on status symbols for Los Santos’ successful entrepreneurs with...

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Job Fair For 75 Fired Irrational Staff Attracted 57 Studios

A job fair hosted for those affected by the closure of Irrational Games earlier this month attracted 57 different studios.According to a spokesperson speaking to Polygon, that of the 75 laid-off...

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Huge Layoffs at Disney Interactive

Disney has announced massive layoffs at Disney Interactive, the company’s video game and internet division. The New York Times reports around 700 people lost their jobs amounting to 26 percent of...

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Watch Dogs Delays Explained By Ubisoft

Earlier today came the new trailer for Watch Dogs, including a release date of May 27th; however, this does not apply to the Wii U version of the game.Speaking to Polygon, producer Dominic Guay said...

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Epic Games Officially Ending Involvement With Gears Of War Through Social Media

Epic Games are going through the final motions of handing off the Gears of War series to Black Tusk Studios after Microsoft’s acquisition of the franchise in January.Detailed on the official Gears of...

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The Last of Us Passes 6 Million Sales

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...

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Financial Investigation Into Funcom “Over Very Fast” Describes CEO

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...

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GOG Reverses Regional Pricing Decision

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...

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PlayStation 4 Now More Expensive in Canada

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...

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