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Xbox One and PS4 will be the last of their kind, Xbox’s US marketing boss Aaron Greenberg has predicted. Next year’s arrival of the iterative Xbox Scorpio and PS4 Neo upgrades – as well as Microsoft’s growing unification of the Xbox and Windows space – all point to a shift …

Kinguin has become one of the sponsors of popular Counter-Strike team Ninjas in Pyjamas. The deal, which was announced today at Gamescom, sees Kinguin become of the main sponsors of NiP who are considered to be one the best CS:GO teams in the world. The partnership will see the Kinguin …

Organisation hopes closer ties to EU will help attract more developers

Devs hoping to target Xbox gamers with virtual reality titles may have to build for upcoming higher-end hardware

“I’m wrestling with some insecurity issues in my life but thank you for playing with me”

New firm uses volumetric capture technology to scan every angle of actors

A new indie studio formed by former Lionhead developers have teamed up with Tequila Works to create a unique console game. Tom Lansdale and brothers Charles and James Griffiths have formed Cavalier Games to create The Sexy Brutale, a puzzle adventure game where the hero must join a never-ending masked …

New UK publisher aims to fund and support developers with high-quality games

The commercial success of the new Ratchet & Clank reboot has excited the creators of Yooka-Laylee. Like Ratchet & Clank, Yooka-Laylee is a 3D platformer. It generated 2.1m via Kickstarter, and studio Playtonic admits it’s nervous that many of those interested in the game will already own it as a …

Next year’s arrival of Xbox Scorpio won’t quite be the level playing field some had hoped for, at least when it comes to VR. Microsoft in its reveal of the new machine committed to cross-platform compatibility for both Xbox One and Xbox Scorpio for new titles. However, the extra processing …