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It might be a dead season for game releases (hi Summer!), but there was still plenty to talk about this past week including plenty of SDCC chatter, our preview of Dragon Age: Inquisition, and a special feature where our own Troy took a look at EA and the mobile gaming …

Assassins Creed Comet. So far there are plenty of ripe rumours of what Assassins Creed Comet will be about, so here is a round up of all the rumour and speculation you will ever need to read. Comet will allow you to play as a Templar, named Shay, we have …

Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Skylander? How about just making a cool costume and pretending to be one?

According to various sources at Crytek, the indie Game developer behind the Crysis and Ryse series, are still facing money troubles and as such staff are no longer going to work. This cant be good news are numerous reports are circulating which state that the company are having trouble paying …

The movie based of the happens of the best selling PS3 game, Heavenly Sword, has finally revealed it’s release date. Brought to you by Cinedigm, Nariko’s story is retold through the movie, with most of the original voice actors reclaiming their parts, including Anna Torv returning as Nariko. Here is …

Cliffy B officially announced his new studio, and his first gig post-Gears of War.

Bob Hastings, Voice over actor famous for the voice of Commissioner Jim Gordon has died aged 89. Bob played the voice of Jim Gordon through out the Batman: the animated series’ run, and also in spin off’s including Batman : Mask Of The Phantasm, and The New Batman Adventures. He …

Headed to QuakeCon? Here’s your list of main events that’ll be hitting the main stage at the show- including the exclusive Doom reveal that won’t be seen anywhere else.

Independent studio Airtight Games has shut down after ten years in the business. Airtight Games has been working with publishers and industry leaders on contracts and publishing deals. With backgrounds in the game, film, television and comic book industries, Airtight Games’ team claims ship credit on over fifty different titles …

The rumours are now true, it seems.

Originally released August 2011, with just two civilisations, the Egyptians and the Greeks, Age of Empires on-line was set to be an impressive multi player on-line strategy game. Sadly this games runs ended yesterday, after 3 long years. The game entered its ‘support phase’ last year, meaning no more new …

There has been no official work as to what or why, but Cliff Bleszinski (former lead designer on the Gears of War series) has tweeted that he’s returning to game development.

Steam’s sales are always a big draw, but the Valve-owned online platform has set a brand new milestone this time around.

The Summer doldrums have rolled in hard, but we still had plenty to talk about this past week including tons of X-Men news and opinion, rumors of CryTek’s impending bankruptcy, some release dates (of both he factual and rumored varieties), and more.

Famous for games like Sunset Overdrive, Ratchet and Clank and Resistance, Insomniac Games have now tried their hand at smaller Indie style games, starting with Slow Down Bull. With a small development team of only 4-5 people, Slow Down Bull allows you to control Axel the bull, to collect things …

While denying they are on verge of bankruptcy, the rumour mill is still running wild with accusations of late and sometimes No payments to staff, and games being dropped left right and centre. The first of these rumours began on GameStar, Crytek released this statement to EuroGamer fighting back at …