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Next generation of smartwatch enables location-based games, more powerful graphics

Legendary game designer shows off aptly-titled Super Mario Run at Apple’s iPhone 7 reveal event

Sony has said that HDR output will not be limited to its new PS4 models. The company last night made a big deal of the visual display tech at its PlayStation Meeting in New York. It then surprised viewers by confirming that HDR (High Dynamic Range) will be patched in …

Box built with 4K and HDR support in mind estimated to be twice as powerful as original PS4

This week, MCV is all about the gaming press. We meet the man behind IGN, co-founder and GM Peer Schneider, who tells us about surviving 20 years in the video games’ most turbulent sector. But we’re not forgetting the new generation, as YouTube stars talk scandals, legitimacy and the changing …

That PS4 Pro costs only 350 and is out this year is certainly a surprise. That Xbox Scorpio will be so much more powerful is equally so. And Microsoft has not been shy in boasting about the comparisons. As well as tweets from both the Xbox Twitter account and Aaron …

Activision Blizzard has appointed Pete Vlastelica as the new President and CEO of Major League Gaming. Vlastelica was Executive Vice President of Digital at FOX Sports before making the switch, prior to that he sold his online sports network Yardbarker to Fox in 2010. According to the announcement Vlastelica will …

Is there a more telling sign of the times than Shigeru Miyamoto taking to the stage at an Apple event to announce a new Mario platform game for smartphones? As unlikely as it sounds, that’s precisely what happened last night. Super Mario Run is coming exclusively to iOS. A Mario …

Two new PlayStation consoles will be available before Christmas. Sony last night at its PlayStation Meeting event confirmed two machines – the PS4 Pro (known until now as the PS4 Neo) and the redesigned new standard PS4 (which has until now been referred to as the PS4 Slim). The Pro …

Pokemon Go developer Niantic has admitted that part of its strategy in creating the successful game was building a foundation from which similar titles can be launched. In other words, expect similar games to Pokemon Go to emerge from the studio, and in the not too distant future, too. In …