Snake Pass tops Nintendo switch eShop chart - Nintendo switch

Snake Pass, slithery physics platformer, has secured the number one spot in the European Nintendo eShop chart, topping sales in United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands. Snake Pass saw off fangtastic competition from the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Snipperclips - Cut it out, together! and Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove.

Snake Pass is available now on Nintendo Switch via the eShop, Xbox One via the Xbox Games Store, PlayStation 4 via the PlayStation Store and PC via Steam or the Windows Store. Snake Pass supports HDR on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One S, for players with an HDR compatible TV.

New Pokémon Marshadow discovered first picture - Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon 3DS

A new Mythical Pokémon has been discovered in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon. Marshadow cannot be encountered in normal gameplay. More details, including how Trainers can get this Pokémon for their game, will be announced at a future date.

Portal Knights - award winning game free trial coming April 20th plus new release date - PS4 XO

PORTAL KNIGHTS fans will have the chance to get a taste in advance of this award-winning 3D action RPG sandbox game thanks to a FREE TRIAL VERSION coming on PS4 and Xbox One on APRIL 20th across EMEA and the US.

The Portal Knights fully localized trial version will allow players to immerse themselves in the game ahead of release, exploring the first island in both single and multiplayer modes, while learning basics of combat and crafting. Users will be able to transfer trial version save data into the full game when it launches.

Abertay University team scoop prestigious BAFTA Games award

A team of elite Abertay University games creators are celebrating after scooping the prestigious Ones to Watch prize at the BAFTA Games Awards.

Student team Bluedoor Games took the coveted title at a glittering black-tie event in London, attended by key players from the world’s games industry.

The winning game, Among the Stones, was created as part of Abertay’s Dare to be Digital Competition which has this year been rebooted to become Dare Academy.

Bluedoor’s entry beat strong competition from fellow Abertay team Ludico’s creation, Pentagrab, and Hexterion’s dodgeball-based title, Rebound, to secure the win.

Uncharted 4 wins Best Game at British Academy Games Awards 2017

BAFTA has announced the winners of British Academy Games Awards, which celebrated the very best in games of the past year. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Wallace at Tobacco Dock, London.

Uncharted 4, the action adventure game developed by Naughty Dog Studios, won Best Game. This is the fifth win for the series, its previous four came in 2010 for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.

INSIDE, the puzzle-platformer adventure game, won four BAFTAs: Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Narrative and Original Property.

Overcooked, the cooking simulation game, won British Game and Family. Firewatch, the first-person mystery adventure game, won Debut Game and Performer for Cissy Jones.

Another six games were winners on the night. The autobiographical game That Dragon, Cancer won for Game Innovation. Futuristic sports-action game Rocket League won Evolving Game. The team-based multiplayer first-person shooter Overwatch won the BAFTA for Multiplayer. Pokémon Go, the location based augmented reality game, won in Mobile Game. The Last Guardian, the action-adventure game, won the BAFTA for Audio Achievement. The mystery adventure game Virginia won in Music.

The AMD eSports Audience Award was won by Clash Royale, seeing off competition from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Dota 2, League of Legends, Overwatch and Street Fighter V.

Logres: Japanese MMORPG launches Beta Test on Android - download link

Epic online multi-player game featuring anime-style graphics and downloaded by millions after its launch in Japan, the Beta test of the English version will be open to Android users in United States, Canada, Australia, United Kingdom, and New Zealand from April 6-10, 2017 through Google Play.

EVENTS

Players who register and complete in-game events during the Beta Period will receive the following rewards during the commercial launch:

• Register your email in game and get 5 Crystals
• Clear “Mandra King Brothers!” Quest and get a Kinopo Hat
• Clear “[All Rare Monsters] Metal Hunter” Quest and get 10 Crystals
• Clear “Rampage! Mandra King Brothers! -Advanced –“ Quest and get 5 Crystals

Stardust update for Revelation all-new battleground and Starshatter Island 12th April release

Guilds will aim for the stars in all-new battleground - Starshatter Island.

A major game update “Stardust”, will land in Revelation Online's Nuanor on April 12. This update includes the new Guild vs.Guild map Starshatter Island, the long-awaited Faerie’s Funland map, localization refinements and various gameplay enhancements. Starshatter Island is a guild versus guild area in which they battle over the control of four precious crystal mining points. Players will fight vicious monsters and coordinate large scale attacks on rivaling guilds in order to gain the upper hand and mine the crystals' resources. Starshatter Island lets multiple guilds, with a maximum of 400 players in total, unleash strategic conflicts of epic proportions!

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles release date info and trailers - PC PS4

Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, the open-world adventure from a former Activision producer and Rocksteady developers now forming Prideful Sloth, which launches for PlayStation 4 and PC on July 18, 2017.

Players will explore eight distinct environments, each with their own flora and fauna, while helping local villagers and wildlife stave off a darkness threatening the beautiful island of Gemea.

Age of Empires: Castle Siege now on Android - download link

Age of Empires: Castle Siege is now available on Android devices globally. Now you can join the ranks of millions of iOS and Windows players to create epic empires, defend against attacks and, in turn, execute your own full-scale castle raids with full control. To download Age of Empires: Castle Siege on Android.

Smoking Gun has always had a big admiration for the Age of Empires franchise and was thrilled at the opportunity to bring it to the mobile space. We feel we have created a solid mix between classic RTS control, and the builder genre that has seen so much success on mobile.” said John Johnson, CEO of Smoking Gun Interactive. “Android users have been itching for the opportunity to play Age of Empires: Castle Siege, and we are pleased to finally be able to bring this exciting mobile RTS experience to them. Like the iOS and Windows versions, the Android version was developed in our proprietary cross-platform engine, so no matter what device you play on, all of your data will be saved to the cloud, making it easy to pick-up-and-play across all of these platforms.”

Keep the Dance Floor Bumping in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone - PS4 DLC list

ash the 3rd Encore Pack for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone! Although it's the third pack included in the season pass, it certainly doesn't lack oomph, because it features an electric batch of new songs, accessories, costume modules, and EXTRA EXTREME Charts ('Future Sound' and 'Colorful Tone' required) for additional songs!

This is the 3rd of three Encore packs, each available for $9.99/€9.99/£7.99. Additionally, there's a DLC Season Pass available on PSN for $24.99/€24.99/£19.99, which includes all three Encore Packs and an exclusive bonus avatar set.

Abertay University to host 20 years of games Pecha Kucha 'chit chat' evening book now

Some of the world’s premier computer games creators will return to Abertay University to present quick-fire talks during a special 20 Years of Games Pecha Kucha evening.

Designers and programmers from across the globe are part of a star-studded line-up for the free event on Saturday May 6, celebrating two decades of games education at Abertay.

Held during Abertay Digital Graduate Show – which runs from May 5-9 – the session is being organised by Creative Dundee and all speakers are graduates of the University who have gone on to influence the games industry.

The event will see speakers show 20 images, each for no more than 20 seconds, as they share experiences and journeys since graduating or collaborating with Abertay, charting the history and future of the games scene.

Batman: Arkham VR on Oculus & HTC Vive on 25th April first trailer

Batman: Arkham VR is coming to HTC VIVE and Oculus Rift beginning on the 25th of April. Currently available for PlayStation VR, Rocksteady Studios’ Batman: Arkham VR is a top-selling, BAFTA nominated virtual reality experience that takes place in the critically acclaimed Batman™: Arkham canon and is based on DC’s core Batman license.

Batman: Arkham VR is the first virtual reality experience to immerse players into the Dark Knight’s universe, putting them inside the Batman’s cowl like never before. PC players with HTC Vive and Oculus Rift hardware will now have the opportunity to experience Gotham City through the eyes of the World’s Greatest Detective, and delve deep into a tense Batman: Arkham mystery. Players will enter a virtual reality world where they must think like Batman and utilize his legendary gadgets, unravelling a plot that threatens the lives of his closest allies.

Why two million have downloaded Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed - iOS And

Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed, the latest chapter in the iconic combat action series saw an epic one million downloads in a single day.

Furthermore, the brand new mobile action title has been downloaded a staggering two million times since launch five days ago.

Available now for iOS and Android devices, Dynasty Warriors: Unleashed sets players out on a quest to unite the three kingdoms by using powerful ancient weapons to conquer massive hordes of unrelenting foes on the battlefield.

Where to download Fallout Shelter for free on PC - download and earn rewards!

The biggest Fallout game ever Fallout Shelter is now on PC. Fallout Shelter, the game that puts Overseers in control of their own Vault and Dwellers, can now be downloaded FREE on Steam.

PC fans should head to the game’s Steam Page to download and start managing their own survival community – all the while earning Steam Achievements – by leveling up Survivors, exploring the Wasteland to find supplies, and sending their Dwellers out on exciting Quests for special rewards. Steam players can also take advantage of Steam Cloud support, allowing them to switch PCs and seamlessly pick up where they left off building their Vault.

We Happy Few game to be made into a movie - say Variety with trailers

The We Happy Few game movie will be made by Gold Circle Entertainment and Produced by Pitch Perfect films.

The developer of We Happy Few, Compulsion Games, is working with transmedia company dj2 Entertainment on the film.

The We Happy Few movie will retain the games menace, dark humor, and central themes.

Why Nintendo Switch sold over 78,000 consoles in Japan last week and Xbox One sold just 115

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - That's why.

Have you played it? It has to be one of the best games ever on any Console since time began...

I've logged over 100 hours of gameplay and haven't been bored once yet. It's back to the original Nintendo way of making games. You learn as you go along, no matter what route you take the developers have created a game that help and teaches how to play in a linear way.

Farming Simulator 17's Big Bud Pack with the World's Biggest Tractor - PC PS4 XO

Giants Software is proud to announce that the “World's Largest Farm Tractor” will soon be added to Farming Simulator 17 in the Big Bud Pack! This larger-than-life DLC, giving players access to two Big Bud tractors and 12 pieces of equipment, comes to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC/MAC on 9th May 2017.

For the first time in a Farming Simulator game, players will drive the monstrous Big Bud 747 tractor – as you can see from these screenshots, it's truly earned its title as the World's Largest! Joining this titan is its smaller brother, the Big Bud 450, along with 12 dedicated pieces of equipment from brands including Bednar, Great Plains, Grégoire-Besson, Seed Hawk and more. These new tools and tractors will allow players to work their fields with incredible speed and efficiency, thanks to a huge working width of up to 25 meters.

ARK: Survival evolved PC Update Underwater Bases Aquatic Breeding, New Creatures and more

67% Off ARK: Survival Evolved and 51% off Scorched Earth Expansion Pack.

A new update on Steam for its epic dino-survival adventure ARK: Survival Evolved. This massive patch (v256) comes crammed with new content, including vacuum-sealed underwater bases and aquatic creature breeding, TEK teleporter pads and wireless generators, and four powerful creatures. Survivors take note! Today also brings the first major menu redesign of ARK, as the Inventory UI receives a complete visual and functional overhaul for a streamlined new look. This is a huge upgrade that means easier access to everything in the player’s inventory.

First Pokémon winshigh-profile modelling contract as Machamp new style icon of the century

Superpower Pokémon Machamp has now officially been confirmed as the face of this year’s hottest underwear campaign, “MaChamps”. The campaign is already breaking records, as Machamp is now recognised as the first Pokémon to break the mould and land a high-profile modelling contract.

Inspired by Machamp’s own markings and the essence of nature, the campaign aims to take the concept of undergarments back to basics whilst challenging everything we thought we knew about underwear. Elegant, casual, stylish and functional, “MaChamps” will showcase something for everyone’s personal taste.

To help Women in the games industry Google Women Techmakers sponsors Women in Games program

Women in Games diversity organisation, announce the launch of its Ambassador programme, sponsored by Women Techmakers, with 43 individual Ambassadors from across the UK and Europe supporting women and girls in understanding the games industry and the opportunities there are within it.

The Ambassador programme from Women in Games exists to grow the membership of the organisation, to help it increase the reach and scale of its programmes and help it achieve the strategic goal of doubling the number of women in games over 10 years.