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Fallout Shelter is the No. 1 downloaded game in 48 countries

RPG classic Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation comes to mobile

Forza-themed Xbox One sports a 1TB hard drive and racing sounds

YouTube Gaming’s first head-to-head battle with Twitch gets it 8M views in 12 hours

CEO of Puzzle & Dragons studio Gung Ho prefers console games to mobile

The best Unreal Engine games of E3, selected by GamesBeat

World of Final Fantasy dumps realism for cute and opens the door for newer, younger players

Here’s why World of Final Fantasy’s characters look so familiar

How Nintendo and Atlus made Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem happen

Star Ocean 5 producer on the lessons Tri-Ace has learned from Star Ocean 4’s foibles

Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem started with … a photo booth game

How Nier needed Platinum Games to fulfill its creators’ vision

Nier’s Yosuke Saito: Sequel had 6 months to impress or we would ‘scrap it’

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Just Cause 3’s silly sandbox is a ‘nonsense island’

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Super Mario Maker turns anyone into Miyamoto

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Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer dumps living for decorating

Media Molecule’s Dreams lets you play with the dreams of others

PGA Tour adds some Battlefield shine — and lets you play as a true duffer, too

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Unravel is a platformer ‘threaded’ with a personal story

How EA joined with an indie studio for a game about cultural expression … and yarn

Star Wars: The Old Republic’s new expansion introduces an emperor — and focuses on story

Need for Speed’s reboot starts under the hood

How Rock Band 4’s new solo feature works — and how Harmonix made it happen

Rare’s classic games return in a new Xbox One collection

Forza Motorsport 6 welcomes the Ford GT to the race on Sept. 15

Xbox One gets Xbox 360 backward compatibility — something the PlayStation 4 doesn’t have with PS3

It took 20 years for Bandai Namco to bring a Tales series game to PC

Oculus VR invests $10M for virtual reality indie games

Oculus Rift virtual reality headset comes bundled with an Xbox One controller

Want a Logitech G PlayStation 4, Xbox One force-feedback racing wheel? It’s going to cost ya

Abzu is an underwater Journey — where your diving is a metaphor

New Oculus branding ditches the creepy eye for something more … abstract

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain forces stealth into the wide open — and is better for it

Sonic thrives on mobile: 100M Dash downloads, 14M monthly players

How Disney used more than Star Wars to rope in all-star studios for Infinity

Havok FX is a graphical effects tech aimed at PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC

Hitman: Sniper lets you assassinate for high scores in a mobile sniper sandbox

Gears of War developers Black Tusk Studios change studio name to The Coalition
