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VR-friendly specs for just $199 – that’s the selling point of AMD’s latest GPU. Until now gamers have faced the prospect of at least an Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD R9 290 if they want to make the jump to VR. They retail for north of 250. While many VR …

Xbox One has had another price cut, lending further credence to widespread rumours of a new version being in the works. An assortment of bundles are currently available. For instance, a 1TB machine with Forza 6, Tomb Raider, Halo 5 and a 25 gift card can currently be had for …

Intel Developer Blog: Get your textures down to less than half the side without losing quality

Unity CEO tells Unite Europe audience that social aspects and advertising, rather than analytics, should be the key investment for devs wanting to ‘outperform’ mobile chart-toppers

Virtus Pro have been disqualified from The Summit 5 after trying to use an ineligible player, disguised as one of their regular team mates. Over the weekend the European leg of The Summit 5 qualifiers wrapped up, with two of Europe’s finest Dota teams, Virtus Pro and Ad Finem, battling …

High-end PC users now have a new Intel CPU to lust after. The new i7-6950X Extreme Edition features a whopping 10 cores – that’s a first for the company, whose previous i7s feature four multithreaded cores, equating to a working eight cores. The 6950X comes unlocked, too, opening the door …

Funding led by London Venture Partners and Initial Capital

The not-for-profit organisation Women in Games has hired Marie-Claire Isaaman as its new CEO. She is replacing Jenny Richards-Stewart, who held the position for 18 months. Isaaman formerly was a researcher and education consultant at Norwich University of the Arts for the past eight years. She worked as course leader …

Sega has announced that it is closing Sonic Runners, which was the first mobile game from Sonic Team. Sales of the game’s currency, Red Star Rings, were terminated last week. All other operations connected with the tile will be killed on July 27th. Any unspent currency will be rendered redundant …