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In 2014 Criterion revealed that it was working on an extreme sports vehicle title with more than a hint of Burnout about it. Now it’s not clear whether we’ll ever see that game. EA has told GameSpot that folk should forget about any previous projects mentioned by the UK studio. …

Rounding up the hottest new names in mobile who will be competing for the award in July

Project described as Burnout studio’s ‘biggest game yet’ when unveiled at E3 2014

SoftBank to relinquish stake in Clash of Clans developer, now valued at $10.2bn

Another crowdfunded game has fallen before the final hurdle, leaving backers out of pocket. ReRoll was the creation of former Ubisoft Montreal devs Julien Cuny and Louis-Pierre Pharand’s studio Pixyl. It’s hook was that it was to use drones and existing data to recreate an accurate map of the entire …

‘I can't imagine working on something of more significance right now,’ says firm’s Alan Yates on importance of headsets such as the Vive

It’s better than nothing”. That’s the assessment of Keiji Inafune following the damning critical reception of his new platformer Mighty No.9. The reviews for the game have not been kind, with the title currently carrying a Metacritic rating of 60 per cent. There has also been some frustration about the …

As the countdown begins to this year's event, we run through the hopeful studios and the games that could earn them our coveted awards

E3 2016 was packed with release dates revelations. Microsoft put the stress on hardware with the announcement of the new Xbox One S, which will launch as soon as this August. It also revealed that Project Scorpio – the new, more powerful Xbox One – is due at the end …

Well this is a surprise – one report has claimed that PS4 Neo WILL be released in 2016, despite its E3 no-show. Eurogamer reports that several sources have indicated that Neo launches this year”, regardless of the machine’s total absence from E3. The site also questions if 4K will be …