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TV digital video recording is no longer coming to Xbox One. The Verge reports that Microsoft has scrapped its DVR plans, which were first announced back in May 2015, at which point it was due to roll out before the end of the year. "After careful consideration, we’ve decided to …

Caroline Miller, the boss of MCV Award winning PR agency Indigo Pearl, shares her advice on how developers and publishers can get the most out of E3 I’m one of those people who really enjoys E3. The thought of a week in sunny LA: seeing the latest games, meeting clients …

Amiqus' Simon Pittam talks to studios about the benefits – and misconceptions – about the use of mo-cap in today's games

MD of Until Dawn creator says studio is 'all about' diversifying following nearly a decade of single-platform development

After partnering with OpTic Gaming last month Turtle Beach has now partnered with FaZe Clan. The American eSports organisation’s players will now use the new Turtle Beach Elite Pro headset and the Elite Pro Tactical Audio Controller at tournaments and when playing at home. The FaZe Call of Duty team …

Devs will see their share of revenue increase 15 per cent per each user that stays subscribed to an app for longer than a year

It may be renowned for launching the biggest game in the world, but Take-Two says it wants to team up with smaller scale indie studios. The firm is responsible for multi-million selling behemoths such as Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, Borderlands, BioShock, NBA 2K and a host of other …

As was rumoured, Rise of Iron will be the big Destiny in the latter half of the year. The content was named in a report last month claiming that Destiny 2 had been pushed back to 2017. The Bungie website itself confirmed the Rise of Iron name ahead of the …

Reynolds replaces Bedford, Premier PR promotes two publicists and WIGJ hires a new CEO. Eurogamer appoints Reynolds as guides editor Matthew Reynolds is the latest addition to Eurogamer’s team. He has joined as guides editor, replacing John Bedford who is heading to the company’s sister website MetaBomb. Reynolds was formerly …

Mobile publisher is keen to stress that its own celebrity campaign is 'focused on the players'