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Further details released about AR hardware include battery life, wireless functionality and display capability

The director of Rise of the Tomb Raider has joined Call of Duty studio Infinity Ward. Brian Horton was game director at Crystal Dynamics for just over a year, having previously served as senior art director for six and a half years – including on the original self-titled Tomb Raider …

MMA Federation creator has already snagged $1.5 million for development of mobile games

Amy-Marie Graves has joined Square Enix Europe as a community executive. She arrives from Curve Digital, where she worked as a community management trainee. Joining Square Enix Europe is a huge opportunity for me, and I cannot wait to add my input to the Community team," Graves said. "I’m a …

Could you make a game while stuck in a cabin in the freezing wilderness of Lapland?

UK company provided loans of £70,000 to over £500,000 during first six months

Virtual reality studio nDreams wants to release other developers’ VR games. The firm has only published its own products so far, but now CEO Patrick O’Luanaigh wants nDreams to become the Team17 or Curve of the VR space. We are now looking for third-party titles,” O’Luanaigh said. We’ve seen great …

Warner Bros has revealed that LEGO Marvel Super Heroes has sold over 1m units in the UK. Its statement comes ahead of the upcoming LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, which arrives on January 29th. Marvel Super Heroes was the second-largest LEGO launch to-date, with 84,400 units. The only bigger launch was 2008’s …

Audio specialists, designers, artists and animators among vacancies listed

A proposal to make a HoloLens application that allows its wearer to observe League of Legends matches won’t be commissioned by Microsoft. The idea was pitched as part of the ‘Share Your Idea’ HoloLens initiative in which the community is encouraged to share thoughts and ideas about possible applications for …