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Bulgarian start-up working with Valve to free headset from its cables

Well this is embarrassing. Warner Bros, like most major rights holders, employs people to scour the internet in search of those illegally hosting its copyrighted material. However, current partner Vobile appears to have been a little too thorough with its approach to the problem. TorrentFreak reports that included among a …

Studio previously announced that it would ‘drastically’ overhaul its development tools for sci-fi title ‘far, far bigger’ than fantasy RPG

Sales of virtual reality hardware has almost ground to a halt, according to a new survey. The study, spotted byVentureBeat, shows the number of Steam users that acquired a HTC Vive only grew 0.3 per cent in July and was flat in August. Similarly, growth from Oculus Rift’s Steam userbase …

‘What matters now, as always, is what we do rather than what we say’

Epsilon eSports has replaced Natus Vincere in the ECS CS:GO Developmental League as the latter pulled out of the competition at the last minute. Epsilon will now play in the developmental league portion of the ECS Season 2 competition, competing against seven other European CS:GO team to try and book …

UPDATE: Mode 7 has confirmed that the game will be multiplatform, including Xbox One, with a simultaneous release. The headline has been amended accordingly. ORIGINAL STORY: Isometric action title Tokyo 42 will arrive on PS4 as well as PC, Mode 7 has announced. It has a release date of early …

The film adaptation of Sony’s Uncharted series has hit development trouble once more. Forbes reports that production of the movie has now been ongoing for eight years, with plans first unveiled back in early 2008, shortly after the release of the first game. In 2014, a summer 2016 release date …

Respawn’s upcoming multiplayer shooter Titanfall 2 won’t be included in the usual EA Access or Origin Access promotions. It has become customary for EA’s titles to arrive first for service subscribers, and also at a discount. That’s all alongside the free trial, too. However, GameReactor has confirmed what appeared to …

Owners of a number of Sony Bravia Smart TVs released throughout 2012 will see the in-built YouTube app vanish at the end of the month. 9to5Google reports that a recent change to the YouTube HTTPS encryption API has rendered it incompatible with a number of Bravia models, with owners complaining …