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Retailer-specific exclusives are nothing new to the world of gaming, but these are usually trifling bonuses like an extra costume, weapon, or DLC that can be purchased elsewhere. But according to investment company R.W. Baird's analyst Colin Sebastian, who recently met with GameStop, the popular retailer is looking to work with publishers to partially fund titles in exchange for entirely exclusive chunks of gameplay.

Indie game developer Wadjet Eye (Gemini Rue, Resonance) has released iOS ports of the first three games in its supernatural noir point-and-click adventure series Blackwell.

Watch Dogs has sold-in over 8 million units, Ubisoft announced today in its quarterly financial report.

Microsoft has remained evasive on details of its pledge that all Xbox One consoles will be able to become developer kits.

The biggest hurdle between you and an appreciation of this slight but charming puzzle game is its own title. A weak pun that says nothing about the game, it serves only to cheapen an otherwise appealing experience, making it sound more like a craven voxel-based Mojang knock-off scrabbling for pennies on the Xbox Indie Games channel.

The white PS4 console that was announced as part of a Destiny bundle at last month's E3 is also launching as a standalone, with units due before the end of the year.

Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has committed to Xbox and pledged to grow the gaming brand's fan base.

The Grim Fandango revamp has also been confirmed for PC (Windows, Linux) and Mac, and will launch alongside the PS4 and Vita versions whenever that happens to be - still no word on that.

Who to pick to write Flight Simulator's next chapter? Well, "trains" sounds like "planes" so why not Train Simulator developer Dovetail? Oh snap! Microsoft was thinking the same thing.

Some seven years after Halo 3's release in 2007, its final secret has been unearthed - a cute Easter egg only attainable on a certain date wishing happy birthday to one of the developer's partners.

The boss of Sword & Sworcery developer Capy has told budding indie developers to build a team and aim for multiple modest successes rather than go it alone in an effort to get "f*** you rich" off of one hit.

It might not exactly be the summer blockbuster you've all been waiting for (when is Guardians of the Galaxy out again?) but the Heavenly Sword movie finally has a release date.

Peter 'Tyrion Lannister' Dinklage has taken flak for his voice performance in the Destiny alpha. To be fair, he is playing an emotionless AI called Ghost - and also his is far from the worst video game performance we've had from an admired Hollywood actor.

There were questions asked of Guild Wars 2 and the Chinese launch has answered them.

Critically acclaimed platforming action roguelike Rogue Legacy is coming to PS4, PS3 and Vita on 30th July in Europe, developer Cellar Door Games has announced.

Chris Milk has made music videos for Kanye West and Arcade Fire, and if you go to the Barbican's new Digital Revolution exhibition, he will turn you into a bird.

"What's the square root of a fish?" asked the fighting game Skullgirls to a bewildered player. Unfamiliar with aquatic arithmetic the confused player, Twitter user SaikyoChamp, asked the developer what was up with this peculiar query.

Over the last week Gears of War lead designer Cliff Bleszinski announced a new studio, Bosskey Productions, and a free-to-play sci-fi arena shooter he'd be making with Nexon for PC tentatively titled Bluestreak. Naturally, people had questions.

Legendary video game mascot Donkey Kong has turned 33 today.

Roundabout is one of the silliest games on the horizon and now it's coming to PS4 in addition to its already announced Xbox One, PC, Mac and Linux release. The computer versions are set for an 18th September launch on Steam and the Humble Store, while the PS4 and Xbox One versions are gunning for an early 2015 release.

UPDATE 9/7/14 8pm: Microsoft has issued Eurogamer a statement on today's comments by Xbox's Martin Fuller, which the company now says were "inaccurate".

You'd think after 23 years society would have mined a game as popular as Super Mario World of all its secrets, but you'd be wrong. YouTuber A+Start has detailed an incredibly obscure glitch discovered by his pal Masterjun3 that gives players a Lakitu cloud in the game's second stage that can be used to breeze through the title in record time.

Epic's upcoming building action game Fortnite was announced as a PC-exclusive affair. Does this mean Epic is no longer interested in developing for consoles?

I'm not in the habit of thanking the Führer, but as the number of games to play begins to dwindle I'd like to express a little gratitude to Hitler. Actually, make that to Double Hitler, the curious QWOP-like that has you playing as Adolf as he tries to disguise the fact that he is, in truth, two boys in an overcoat.

Sigourney Weaver and members of the original Alien cast are lending their voices and likenesses to Sega and Creative Assembly's Alien: Isolation - though only in two missions which are pre-order bonuses.

Sony re-wrote portions of its E3 2013 presentation - when the company fully unveiled the PlayStation 4 - after seeing Microsoft's unpopular announcements detailing the Xbox One's initial policies regarding used games and DRM.

Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House has spoken of the internal discussions held within PlayStation as it attempted to balance the priorities of a PS4 with beefy technical specifications and a console able to launch at an affordable price point.

Sony's president of worldwide studios Shuhei Yoshida has spoken about the importance of third-party games such as Destiny as well as PS3 remasters like The Last of Us Remastered in the PlayStation's line-up towards the end of 2014, as well as the importance of new audiences the PlayStation 4 has found.

Lords of the Fallen will be released 31st October on PC, PS4 and Xbox One.

The Dragon's Teeth expansion for Battlefield 4 will be deployed as soon as next week, developer DICE has announced.