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Sega has promoted John Clark to senior vice president for commercial publishing, a new division within Sega Europe that combines boxed and digital games. Clark has worked at Sega for almost eight years, having worked as UK managing director. Since 2012, he has worked as VP for digital distribution. Sega’s …

An alternative virtual reality treadmill has hit its funding target on Kickstarter. The Cyberith Virtualizer is the second such device to be successfully backed by the crowdfunding service, having reached $361k – easily passing its $250k goal. Readers may recall that another VR treadmill, the Virtuix Omni, was successfully Kickstarted …

Five games firms will receive share of £250,000 and PS4/Vita dev kits

Kinect title Dance Central Spotlight is now available to download on Xbox One. Microsoft says Harmonix’s 7.99 download will work with any add-on content purchased for previous Dance Central games and comes with the following ten tracks: Avicii – Wake Me Up” Cher Lloyd – I Wish” David Guetta ft. …

Not only will it have more planets than a person could explore in a single lifetime, but No Man’s Sky is also aiming for a wide assortment of gameplay options too. We’re not going to give you missions. No-one is going to come to you and say ‘I’ve lost five …

GAME is offering an extra bit of content for Destiny – but with a big caveat. As spotted by Videogamer, a Level 20 Legendary Blacksmith Armour Shader is available only to those of both buy any version of Destiny AND pre-order a copy of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. The …

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) has vowed to offer support for developers who have experienced harassment online. "Over the last several weeks, game developers and affiliates have been the subject of harassment and ‘doxxing’ attacks, including threats and posting of home addresses,” a statement read. While we support diverse …

A new TV show kicking off in the UK this Friday has boldly claimed to be the Top Gear of gaming”. Think you’ve heard that before? You have. In June Red Bull revealed plans for its own gaming TV show which it dubbed as ‘Top Gear for gamers’. This project …

eSports could hit a new milestone next month when the League of Legends 2014 World Championship takes place in South Korea. Riot Games’ EVP of eSports Dustin Beck told Polygon that the Grand Final, scheduled to take place in Seoul on October 19th, is expected to sell out the Sangam …

Start-up working on free-to-play mid-core title