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MD Faruk Yerli says only CryEngine can create "true virtual reality experience"

This is a blow to PS4 owners – Uncharted 4 will now not be released until 2016. "Since we showed you our first gameplay reveal of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, more of the game and story have come together, and it’s become clear to us that this game is …

New-gen home console will cost 2,899 yuan (£307)

Disney Interactive's Matt Carroll discusses the firm's new funding initiative for games studios and tech start-ups

Annual initiative seeking narrative-led video games holding free London workshop tomorrow

Life Is Strange developer Dontnod has already finished the story for Remember Me 2. Remember Me was released in 2013 to a mixed critical reception, with the developer subsequently moving on to Square Enix’s episodic title Life Is Strange. A return to its first release, however, could be on the …

Capcom has confirmed that a particularly explicit line of sexual dialogue from DmC: Devil May Cry has been removed from tomorrow’s Definitive Edition re-release. Eurogamer reports that a scene involving villain Mundus and mistress Lilith had originally seen the latter speak the words: "The world is at last your bitch, …

World of Warcraft and Hearthstone developer Blizzard has said that the latest character revealed for upcoming shooter Overwatch demonstrates an renewed commitment to diversity in games. New character Zarya eschews many of the typical traps that female games characters fall victim to – such as unpractical armour designed purely to …

Applications due on May 3rd for popular annual student development contest with new, wider criteria

Blizzard has said that the next Hearthstone expansion will be called Blackrock Mountain and will be released in April. The single player expansion will follow the pattern laid down by the first expansion, Curse of Naxxramas, in releasing a new ‘wing’ week-by-week. Unlike Naxxrama, however, the first wing will not …