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The disc could yet have some life left in it. Despite plummeting physical game sales in the UK, NPD reckons that US gamers still much prefer to purchase their games in a box. When price is equal 74 per cent of those who on console or PC play five or …

Xbox boss Phil Spencer says Microsoft and Rare are 'evaluating' their next step

Microsoft has just announced Halo 5: Guardians for release on Xbox One in autumn 2015. Also on the way in 2015 is a Halo TV series, which is being co-created by Steven Spielberg. The first image, seen above, shows what appears to be a blue-visored female Spartan mirroring an image …

Recruitment drive continues at VR firm

A financial presentation by Ubisoft has confirmed that ten different studios and subsidiaries are working on the next Assassin’s Creed. Polygonreports thatUbisoft Montreal is once again listed as lead developer, with the Canadian team collaborating with nine other Ubisoft studios in Toronto, Quebec, Annecy, Montpellier, Kiev, Singapore, Shanghai, Chengu and …

Sample vehicle game released on engine's Marketplace as Epic Games announces new features

Tencent raked in nearly $3 billion in revenue during the first three months of 2014. The China firm made an operating profit of $1.2 billion, an increase of 64 per cent on the previous quarter, and 54 per cent year-on-year. Its online game revenues increased 23 per cent from the …

GungHo’s hit title making average revenues per user of $11.89

Montreal leading nine other internal devs on next-gen blockbuster

Nick Gibson debates whether the nation’s new attitude to consoles is all that it seems