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EA’s Play event yesterday may have focused on big blockbuster brands, but the publishing giant is looking to work more with smaller developers, too. The company has announced it will be funding and releasing projects from indie developers under its brand new EA Originals label. Fe, from developerZoink,will be the …

Skyrim: Special Edition will also bring mod support to console players for the first time

Further details about a new Dead Rising game have leaked ahead of the title’s official announcement. A number of screenshots and GIFs for Capcom’s horror release have been posted on NeoGAF by Gwyn, and compiled here by user Etta. The images appear to feature Frank West, the hero of the …

Have video games changed the world? Sure. Like any mass-market entertainment medium, games have had an impact. But our sector is on the cusp of a far more significant intervention that could have a very meaningful impact on a great number of lives. While all media can affect people through …

Improved facial animation and motion capture tech feature in two-minute teaser

We talk to the boss of Take-Two about eSports, virtual reality, the state of E3 and the publisher’s acquisition strategy. How digital has transformed Take-Two’s business Digitally-delivered revenue, especially recurrent consumer spending – which we define as anything other than a full-game download, including virtual currency, add-on content and online …

Fallout game director Todd Howard vows to bring the full RPG to Valve’s virtual reality platform

Blizzard’s new online shooter IP Overwatch is top of the UK charts once again. Sales of the game fell 44 per cent in its third week on shelves. It charts ahead of Mirror’s Edge Catalyst, which debuts in second place. GfK notes that the original Mirror’s Edge was a sleeper …

In August 2011, over two years before we met, my wife had an accident on the way to work. She tripped on a tree root that was growing through the pavement, as we’ve all likely done at one time or another. It wasn’t especially remarkable or dramatic and should have, …

Dishonored studio and Fallout 2 co-director partnering on long-anticipated game that began life at Human Head and was first revealed in 2011