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The massive success of Pokmon Go has caused the sales of two older Pokmon games to rise by over 140 per cent. In this week’s full price charts, Pokmon Alpha Sapphire made it to No.33, with sales up by 145 per cent week-on-week, and Pokmon Omega Ruby took the No.36 …

Acquisition is Japanese tech group’s largest to date

Did you have trouble trying to get Pokemon Go to work over the blistering hot UK weekend? You weren’t alone. Many users struggled to access the game at various points across Friday and Saturday, and while service was largely restored on Sunday, connectivity to the game’s servers remained a little …

Android-powered platform Daydream unveiled in May as successor to barebones Cardboard

HTC Vive leads battle of the headsets with 50 per cent of game makers exploring platform, while Oculus Rift attracts just over a third of the community

For the third week in a row, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens claims the top spot in the UK charts. This is despite a 45 per cent dip in sales week-on-week. According to GfK, the only other LEGO title to spend more than three weeks at the head of …

‘While we are making several large investments in a new slate of games in multiple locations, we must also be mindful of costs'

The prize pool for the Capcom Cup will be partially crowd funded with in game Street Fighter V items. At EVO Capcom announced the new Capcom Pro Tour Premier Package DLC for Street Fighter V, which includes a new stage and exclusive costumes. A percentage of each sale will go …

ReCore has a $40 RRP in the US – that’s some way short from what you might expect for a first party triple-A title. Xbox marketing manager has on the TXR Podcast, as reported by GameSpot, cited a number of factors for the decision – including the fact it is …

Raw Data has become the first virtual reality title to claim the top spot in the Steam charts. Although the game is currently sitting at No.2 in the charts, PCGamesN reports that it claimed the No.1 spot for a period following its Early Access launch yesterday. The 30 game (currently …