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The ‘Assassin’s Creed’ movie has an official release date

‘The Last of Us’ digital version will be playable as it downloads

Recapping the latest Nintendo Direct reveals and release dates

No Wii U games ‘in development’ at any EA studios

‘Twisted Metal’ creator David Jaffe takes advisory role on indie car combat game ‘Autoduel’

LA Museum of Contemporary Art and Venus Patrol to host Horizon, an artsy E3 alternative conference

Rovio’s ‘Angry Birds’ feature film slingshots to theaters in July 2016

‘The Witcher 2’ producer bringing new RPG ‘Lords of the Fallen’ to next-gen consoles

Tomasz Gop, formerly senior producer on 'The Witcher 2,' leads development of an ambitious new RPG from City Interactive.

Scribblenauts meets DC Universe superheroes in ‘Scribblenauts Unmasked’

‘Gran Turismo 6’ officially confirmed, coming to PlayStation 3 this fall

EA’s Frostbite engine headed to iOS and Android as Frostbite Go

Twitch viewing app arrives today on Xbox 360

Free-to-play MMO shooter ‘Dust 514’ launches today on PS3

Trion Worlds’ massively multiplayer ‘Rift’ goes free-to-play in June 2013

‘Video Games: The Movie’ seeks Kickstarter funding to finish off production

‘Shadow of the Eternals’ starts a second crowd funding campaign

Blizzard to donate illicit proceeds from ‘Diablo 3’ auction house bug to charity

Mobile game publisher GREE reportedly begins lay offs

Tim Schafer wants to get the rights to all his games under one roof

‘Defiance’ continues to roll: New DLC is outlined for the game even as the TV show has been renewed for another season

Namco Bandai reports five-year high profits

Sony not planning to take a ‘major loss’ on PS4 hardware at launch

Silicon Knights reportedly still ‘alive’ following founder Denis Dyack’s departure

New details on the twilight days of Silicon Knights, the birth of Precursor Games, and the relationship between the two Canadian studios.

EA’s Star Wars games likely won’t see a release on the Wii U

‘Aliens: Colonial Marines’ studio reportedly liquidated after laying off its entire staff

PS4 and next Xbox will reportedly embrace free-to-play gaming

‘World of Warcraft’ loses 1.3 million subscribers in three months

Activision-Blizzard's Q1 2013 report reveals that World of Warcraft lost 1.3 million subscribers in the first three months of the year.

EA Sports locks down its exclusive FIFA license through 2022

Sony waives $99 fee for PlayStation Mobile developers

Sony will no longer charge PlayStation Mobile devs a $99 licensing fee to get their games published on the mobile-friendly platform.

Electronic Arts earnings call hints at E3 2013 lineup

NBA Live for the PS4 and next-gen Xbox will reportedly be revealed at E3 alongside games in the Need for Speed, FIFA, Madden, and Battlefield series'.

Sony to manufacture the PS3 in Brazil with specially localized games

The PS3 is currently subject to high import tariffs in Brazil, but Sony announced that it will manufacture the console locally and sell it directly to Brazilians at a more affordable price. Sony hopes to boost the Brazilian games market.

EA kicks the hornet’s nest, plans to stop paying license fees for the rights to guns

Sony adding Indie Games category in the PlayStation Store

Sony continues to support indie development on its PlayStation platforms with a new Indie Games category in the PlayStation Store.

‘The Sims’ creator Will Wright calls ‘SimCity’ launch debacle ‘inexcusable’

Maxis founder and SimCity creator Will Wright spoke recently about EA's "inexcusable" SimCity launch disaster and the state of the game industry.