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UK based eSports organisation Gfinity has launched GTV into open beta. GTV is Gfinity’s media player that gives viewers a lot more control over what they see compared to watching on traditional streaming services. Anyone using the beta will be able to select from up to 10 different camera feeds, …

Developer Gearbox has built up a reputation for producing some critically acclaimed online shooters. This is, after all, the studio that brought us the blockbuster Borderlands series, a franchise that has shifted 26 million units worldwide. Now the firm is on the verge of launching its brand new IP, Battleborn. …

Remedy has said that a fix for the troubled PC version of Quantum Break won’t be possible until Microsoft rolls out an update to Windows 10 itself. Writing on its forums, Remedy added an amendment to the section about Windows 10 performance issue and framerate stutters, that: Microsoft has identified …

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One of the main criticisms of YouTube’s Content ID system has been addressed by the video service. Content makers have for a long time bemoaned the fact that once a claim had been made on a video, they were locked out of making money from it for the duration of …

Fable makers Lionhead has officially closed. In March, Microsoft announced it would cancel Fable Legends and that it was in consultation with the Guildford studio over whether to close it or not. The consultation has ended and Lionhead will officially close. Microsoft said: "We have reached the decision to close …

One of the founding fathers of video games is moving into mobile development thanks to a newly-inked partnership. Nolan Bushnell is best known as one of the founders of Atari, the developer of iconic titles such as Pong, Breakout and Asteroids, as well as its eponymous line of home consoles. …

We may have seen some big titles this year already, including The Division and Dark Souls III. There may be some huge titles just around the corner, such as Uncharted 4, Doom, Battleborn and Overwatch. VR headsets may be just reaching consumers. But none of this appears to have boosted …

$6.2bn was generated from digital game sales in the month of March, research firm SuperData says. The firm says this is a five per cent rise year-on-year. Over on digital console, Ubisoft’s The Division was the best-selling digital release for the month. The online shooter takes pole position from Activision’s …

We are probably setting ourselves up for a fall here, but we think the Interface conference might just be the best conference we’ve ever done. Interface – if you’ve never been – is an independent games development event. The main part of the show is a meeting system, where indie …