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Sony’s first foray into the virtual reality space with PlayStation VR now has a release date… but only for the United States. Sony Interactive Entertainment America boss Shawn Layden revealed that the hardware would be coming out in that territory on October 13th. There’s no word yet on when the …

The Last Hope for HTC Vive and Oculus Rift marks Croatian studio’s first step into VR development

The rumours were confirmed last night: a new Spider-Man game is coming to PlayStation 4, but it’s not being developed by Sucker Punch. Sony revealed during its PlayStation E3 conference yesterday that the title is developed by Ratchet & Clank, Resistance and Sunset Overdrive studio Insomniac Games. This follows rumours …

Only One puts players in control of West’s late mother Donda as she ascends to heaven

It was thought by many that Sony’s The Last Guardian would never see the light of the day. But the game from the Ico and Shadow of the Colossus developer finally has a release date. It was revealed during last night’s PlayStation press conference that the game would be launching …

It feels pretty easy this morning to draw a dividing line between the Microsoft and Sony E3 2016 press conferences. Microsoft will likely be feeling pretty chuffed with itself. Hardware is always the biggest headline grabber and in that respect Xbox has stolen the show. At 249 for the 500GB …

Next major instalment in Capcom’s horror series goes all PT with photorealistic visuals and Beginning Hour demo

Konami veteran Hideo Kojima offered a glimpse at his new project during PlayStation’s conference at E3 last night. Death Stranding will be launched via a partnership with Sony that Kojima announced last December. But the release date was not revealed, nor the platforms on which the title will be available …

UPDATE: Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 7 is coming to Xbox One and PC as well as PlayStation 4. ORIGINAL STORY: Capcom’s Resident Evil series is back and returning to its horror roots. Announced on-stage last night at Sony’s press event, Resident Evil 7 is playable from start to …

Microsoft’s technically impressive super hero title Crackdown 3 will now be coming out next year. Developer Reagent Games announced this delay via the title’s official website. It was initially set for a 2016 release following last year’s Gamescom. As well as this change of release date, Reagent has revealed that …