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Before its launch, you’d be forgiven for having muted expectations for Dying Light. The title, made by Polish studio Techland, was delayed, its PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 SKUs scrapped, while the boxed release was delayed until a month after its digital version. Yet the title was a surprise hit …

Livestream of conversation with PlayStation's Mark Cerny kicks off at 9.30am tomorrow

The Sega Saturn was first released in Japan in November 1994. Now, in July 2016, the console’s piracy protection has finally been cracked. Boo and hiss, you may shout, but this may well be one of those rare instances where breaking through a DRM barrier is a good thing. You …

Developers assures users that location-based game will not breach privacy

Game boxes for upcoming physical PlayStation VR releases are to feature clear branding alerting consumers about what is needed to play them. That’s if box art that has appeared on a number of retailer websites (pictured) is to be believed. Titles that are dependant on PlayStation VR feature ‘PlayStation VR …

Force Field VR used ‘tabletop diorama’ approach to camera to avoid sickness or lack of immersion

ThePokmonGo Plus peripheral is not launching until the end of July, but it’s already sold out on most online retailers in the US. But there’s one website where you can still find it if you’re willing to spend a lot of money: thePokmonwearable is available on eBay for prices starting …

Pokemon Go co-creator Niantic has said that it is not accessing iOS users’ entire Google accounts. It emerged yesterday that, if a Google account is used at sign-in, the iOS version of the game grants itself complete access to the associated user account upon installation. This led to fears that …

Perhaps the biggest and most surprising roster change in Counter-Strike this year was the transfer of Markus Kjaerbye” Kjrbye from Team Dignitas to Astralis and Rene cajunb” Borg going in the other direction. At the time, both sides were struggling and seemed to be in need of some kind of …

We’re just a week out from Evo 2016, but trying to pick the Super Smash Bros. Melee favorite heading into the event is difficult at best. The events at WTFox 2, which wrapped up on July 3, makes it even more confusing. In an odd sequence of events, Joseph Mango” …