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Nintendo needs to set its sights on the under 12 kids market in to make the NX a hit. That’s according to research firm DFC Intelligence, who says that children under the age of 12 have been ‘largely ignored’ by Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One. The outfit says …

Co-producer of Street Fighter V, Star Citizen, Paragon and BioShock Infinite is now home to over 160 staff

VR tutorial resource, Unreal dev channel and VR sculpting tools join ‘conventional’ games in recipients of funding

August event in Assembly Rooms to include heavy focus on VR, workshops and talks

Head of developer strategy Anna Sweet to talk on the evolution of genre in VR

E3, as has become custom, is almost more about what wasn’t shown than what was. Where was Crackdown?” That was the first question I was asked by a fellow journalist shortly after Xbox’s press conference, followed swiftly by: "where was HoloLens for that matter?" PlayStation executives spent half their time …

Turkey is a relatively small market for video games – but it is a fast-growing one. In 2014, the country’s industry generated $375m (264m) in revenues, ranking No.17 in Newzoo’s annual charts. In 2015, it was worth $464m (327m), which represented an impressive 24.7 per cent increase year-on-year and allowed …

A collection of new games from some of Europe’s biggest studios will launch next month, with all profits going to War Child. Published by Sega, Help: The Game will launch on Steam from July 26th for 9.99. The title features new games from Team17, Rovio, Spilt Milk Studios, Sports Interactive, …

A not-for-profit British eSports association has been launched, and it’s been backed by the UK Government. Located at Pinewood Studios, the association will act as the National Governing Body for eSports and work alongside the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Its goal is to represent and support professional players, …

2K has officially revealed its BioShock HD compilation after months of rumours. BioShock: The Collection brings together all three entries in the series and is set for a September 16th release internationally. BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite all come with single player DLC, and a director’s commentary with creators …