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'The economics of those games forces developers to work with major publishers to succeed, and that seems to be irreversible,' says Tim Sweeney

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Multiplayer title will now be sold using premium price points at $30, $60 and $100

Upcoming console rumoured to instead use game carts similar to 3DS handheld

The negativity being heaped on the trailer for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare online is nothing new and nothing to worry about, Activision has said. The short has received an additional 100,000+ dislikes since yesterday, but speaking to investors, CEO Eric Hirshberg has tried his best to put a positive …

A smartwatch manufacturer has declared bankruptcy, telling its backers that they are unlikely to ever get their money back. Central Standard Timing saw its CST-01, dubbed the world’s thinnest watch, successfully funded to the tune of over $1m back in 2013. The Verge reports that manufacturing problems reared their head …

It will take the best part of an entire console lifecycle before virtual reality starts to VR starts to strut its stuff commercially. That’s according to the CEO of EVE Valkyrie developer CCP, who has told Polygon that studios must be prepared for half a decade of hard graft before …

The announcement trailer for Activision’s Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare has become the subject of some sort of online anger campaign. The trailer, which went live on May 2nd, has at the time of writing amassed 311,743 dislikes on YouTube. And that number is rapidly climbing. Likes, meanwhile, stand at …

Former God of War director Stig Asmussen at the helm

A newer version of Minecraft: Xbox One Edition is on the way to retail. Costing 19.99 and due out on June 21st, the Minecraft: Xbox One Edition Favourites Pack includes the base game, two Battle and Beasts skin packs, the Natural, City and Fantasy texture packs and the Festive and …