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VR platform holder HTC is making its debut as a games developer with new VR title Front Defence. The title will be shown off at Taiwan’s Computex trade show next week, VentureBeat reports. The title is a tower defence game with players holding out against increasingly difficult waves of enemies. …

Miguel Caron joins Shadowgun developer

‘It is no secret that the company has had a strained financial situation in recent years,’ admits CEO Rui Casais. ‘This investment is a major turning point’

Internal 'Creative' team working on Front Defense, as well as non-game experiences

Only one of the two games included in the PS4 version of Dead Island Definitive Edition will actually come on the retail disc. Deep Silver has confirmed that the PS4 SKU includes a Dead Island disc in the box alongside a code to download its sequel Dead Island: Riptide. This …

Buyout of dev formed by EA and Zynga vets bolsters free-to-play firm’s LA mobile team

More people may own toys-to-life games than ever, but players are spending less on them. That’s according to GfK Entertainment. MCV last week revealed that over 620,000 UK consumers own either a copy of Skylanders Superchargers, LEGO Dimensions or Disney Infinity 3, making it the most successful eight months yet …

Debut title from start-up to launch in 2017

Oculus can currently offer VR in your seat. HTC Vive allows owners to wander about their room. Now another company is developing free-roaming VR on a far bigger scale. WorldViz, an enterprise company that specialises in developing new VR tech, says its new technology – called Precision Position Tracking (PPT) …

A new live action trailer for Square Enix’s Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has emphasized the political drama that will underpin the in-game action. The premise is thus: Mankind is now heavily invested in augmentation, allowing for medical treatments and enhancements that take people beyond humanity’s usual limitations. However, these advances …