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And you thought Twitch Plays beating Dark Souls was impressive? As part of the promotional drive for Pure Chess, the hive mind of Twitch was pitted against British grandmaster Simon Williams, Rock Paper Shotgun reports. No contest, you’d think? Well, Williams won the first two games, the second of which …

Aardvark Swift asks developers whether they see longevity in the much-talked about tech

The boss of Sony Worldwide Studios has admitted that mistakes were made in the marketing of PS4 and PC release No Man’s Sky. The much anticipated title has been beset by an unprecedented amount of criticism amid accusations that it failed to deliver on many of the promises made about …

Salt Lake City branch will enable mixed reality firm to double development capabilities

The recent open beta for DICE’s upcoming Battlefield 1 has broken EA records. The studio has revealed that the game was played by 13.2m people, making it the biggest in the publisher’s history. That also beats the numbers boasted by Blizzard’s record-breaker Overwatch (9.7m) and Ubisoft’s The Division (6.4m), as …

Support for latest mobile operating systems added as companies begins to wind down tools business

Brexit preventing any “formal corporate structural changes”

Team behind mobile games, including Marvel: Avengers Alliance, affected ahead of title’s closure

Oculus has plans to introduce its own take on the SteamVR Chaperone system with the next update to its pioneering Rift virtual reality holiday. Chaperone enables devs to let players know when their HTC Vive wands are approaching the edge of the device’s sensor range, thus limiting their ability to …

Logitech is to become the new owner of peripherals brand Saitek courtesy of troubled owner Mad Catz. Mad Catx acquired Saitek in 2007. Included in the deal are rights to and inventory of the company’s line of flight, space and farm sim controllers. Eight R&D workers will also jump ship. …