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The gaming world was taken by surprise this week, when news of BioShock and System Shock developer Irrational Games’ intentions of shutting down became public. Irrational Games has decided to shut down after 17 years of game development, and a core of 15 members of their team will be moving to a newly formed studio, under Ken Levine. Ken Levine, ...

The NPD Group’s research data has been made public, and the numbers are out. After declining sales in the gaming industry throughout 2011 and 2012, 2013 saw some growth in sales numbers, even though they are minimal. In total, $15.39 billion were spent by American gamers throughout 2013, a minor 1% more than the previous year. If we take into ...

It sees major changes keep going on at the top of the food-chain at Microsoft. According to an update on his LinkedIn profile, Jason Holtman, the Head of PC Gaming and Entertainment Strategy at Microsoft has left the Windows and Xbox creating company at the end of January 2014. Jason Holtman has signed up with Microsoft in August 2013, with ...

Expectations are high when it comes to the 3rd Dragon Age game, mainly Bioware’s Dragon Age: Inquisition. For those living in the Vancouver area, testing the game might just become a possibility. Bioware has announced that it will be hosting some short play-tests in the Vancouver area next week (specifically on the 10th and 11th of February), and getting into ...

About 3 weeks remain until the US launch of Thief on the 25th of February. Europeans will get to enjoy the new installment in the Thief franchise 3 days later, on the 28th of February. Unlike the game’s protagonist, Garrett, Thief doesn’t have a stealthy approach when it comes to its launch. Eidos Montreal and Square Enix have been pushing ...

Destiny is arguably one of the most highly anticipated FPS games of the year, next to Titanfall, which will be releasing in March. As a consequence, Bungie understands the importance of keeping fans hyped and happy, and has released two new screenshots for our viewing pleasure. If they seem somewhat familiar and appear to have a resemblance to Halo titles, ...

4 months have passed since Telltale Games launched one of their major series, The Wolf Among Us. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the next episode of the gritty and dark game since October, and the wait is finally over.   Telltale Games announced that the second episode of the game, entitled Smoke & Mirrors, will be landing on the 4th ...

There are not that many FPS games in the eSports arena lately. It seems that strategy games and MOBAs are the most popular competitive games, and old hits such as Counter-Strike are giving up their spots for more contemporary games, such as League of Legends, Dota 2 or Starcraft 2. Infinity Ward wants to rectify that, and their latest Call ...

Battlefield 4 was a financial success, that much is certain, but the amount of strife the multitude of bugs caused players is badly hurting EA’s public image (not that the gaming community was overly fund of EA up until now). The launch of Battlefield 4 is characterized by various technical issues, issues that DICE has been trying to address and ...

Assassin’s Creed games have had their ups and downs, that’s for sure, but the storyline of the popular Ubisoft franchise has always been somewhat captivating. Last year, Ashraf Ismail, the direcotr of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag specifically mentioned that there’s an overall story arc and that each iteration of the game is unique, they are all somewhat connected to ...