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Amazon has revealed the Top Ten most pre-ordered games revealed at this year’s E3. On top are two Microsoft titles – game anthology Rare Replay comes in at No.1, while Gears of War: Ultimate Edition is second. Then its two titles from Bethesda – the new Doom title and Dishonored …

Studio boss will discuss Borderlands, Brothers in Arms and Battleborn next month

Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has said that the difficulty in explaining exactly what PlayStation TV is has led to the streaming devices’ failure. "It didn’t capture the consumers’ imagination," he told Game Informer. "It’s a hard concept to explain. You could say it’s a mini-console, it’s a video streaming …

‘After Wii U, we're hoping that next time it will be a very big hit’

New point release also introduces new OpenGL renderer, Android and Linux support

There’s a new PS4 on the way, although the changes are all to be found below the hood. Sony has confirmed that a new design will start rolling out in Europe, America and Asia toward the end of this month. The redesigned console is 10 per cent lighter than the …

Kinect is not dead. That’s the message from Microsoft, despite the fact the peripheral was not mentioned once in its Xbox E3 press conference earlier this week. We are absolutely continuing to support Kinect," Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg told GameSpot. We’re continuing to support Kinect where it makes sense [and] innovating …

Virtual reality’s social credentials may remain a source of debate, but it sounds like the industry sprouting up around is quite the happy family. Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Polygon that, as has been hinted at before, the major players in the VR sector have been giving each …

Senior recruiter Carrie Barcroft on what the company looks for in prospective candidates

Sony plans to slash the high cost of the PS4 in Brazil by partnering with a local manufacturer to build consoles for the region. As reported by IGN Brazil, Flextronics will assemble PS4s in the Manaus Free Trade Zone. It is hoped this will reduce the price of the console …