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The new cross-buy offer that accompanied the launch of OlliOlli on Wii U and 3DS last week appears to be far more generous than anyone would have expected. Nintendo Life reports that those who buy a copy of the Curve Digital game on the Wii U are then also able …

This is a blow to PS4 owners – Uncharted 4 will now not be released until 2016. "Since we showed you our first gameplay reveal of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, more of the game and story have come together, and it’s become clear to us that this game is …

Events organiser Multiplay has said it does not intend to stop other retailers from exhibiting at future Insomnia events following its acquisition by GAMEearlier this month. "No decisions have been made yet, but for future events our current intention is to work with retailers of all shapes and sizes across …

Sony’s consoles have topped the Japanese hardware rankings once again, despite a week full of new titles for Nintendo’s 3DS platform. The latest data from Famitsu shows that last week marked the third consecutive week on top for PS4 and Vita, after they were propelled and subsequently kept there by …

Nintendo has confirmed the European release date for Wii U exclusive Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush. It will arrive both physically and digitally on the console on May 8th, which is earlier than the previously expected second half of 2015”. It arrived in Japan and the US earlier this year …

New-gen home console will cost 2,899 yuan (£307)

Gfinity today continued to expand their ranks with news that veteran shoutcaster, ESL One and WCS host Paul "ReDeYe" Chaloner would join the company as Head of Broadcasting. Chaloner is known best as one of the first professional shoutcasters, and the host of Blizzard’s StarCraft II tournament WCS Europe. The …

Undead Labs has admitted that the original version of State of Decay shipped with some unexpected – and mostly unnoticeable – additions. The Xbox 360 version of the game shipped in June 2013 but wasn’t until the developer started working on the 1080p Year One Edition – due out later …

Virtual reality has been a major headline-grabber for the past week, but one company at GDC is taking it in a rather unexpected direction: right up your nostrils. Tech company Feelreal has invented a form of ‘smellovision’ for virtual reality users in the form of a mask that emits scents …

Virtual reality will not follow in the footsteps of 3D TV and fall by the wayside. That’s according to Epic boss Tim Sweeney, who told Game Informer that VR addresses the fundamental flaw that meant 3D TV was doomed from the start. "3D televisions were this concept that could never …