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The UK arm of crowdfunding platform Kickstarter has revealed that over 100m has been raised for projects since the site first launched in 2012. The money is the cumulative total of more than 1.8m pledges made by over 1.2m backers in the last four years. The average pledge was 53.80, …

The busy May release schedule could result in healthy sales throughout the summer. Speaking to MCV, the narrative designer for Homefront: The Revolution, Stephen Rhodes, said that many people will be unable to afford all of the games launching this month. Thus, consumers will continue to buy them throughout the …

With Microsoft IP lining up to make the jump from console to PC, the timing of Halo’s return to the Windows platform has been an ever pressing question. And now we kind of have the answer. Microsoft has not announced a PC port of Xbox One title Halo 5, but …

Developer Dambuster has vowed to improve the technical performance of new release Homefront: The Revolution. The game has been criticised for a number of bugs and, on PS4 in particular, a sluggish framerate. It currently has a 53 per cent rating on Metacritic. It has been a long road for …

Titles from Japanese games giant Atlus could be coming to Europe by way of Sega. Atlus’ releases were previously launched in the UK and Europe by NIS America. However, following the finalisation of Sega’s purchase of Atlus, relations with NIS America have become strained and the two terminated their relationship …

Version 2.0.19 also adds new commands, functional tweaks and bug fixes

As a franchise, Homefront tells a pretty bleak story – and I’m not referring to the series’ narrative of the USA being invaded by Korea. The first Homefront, a hugely ambitious release for THQ, launched to mediocre reviews (70 on Metacritic) in March 2011 and saw publisher THQ’s stock price …

Uncharted 4 has been hailed by the press and topped the charts, but its achievements run deeper than its Metacritic score. The PS4 shooter stands proud as one of the most accessible triple-A games ever made. This, as revealed in the video below, is thanks to a meeting between Josh …

Like any new sector, virtual reality faces a number of challenges as it fights for its place in the market – and short-term profit is certainly one of them. While hype for the technology is through the roof, one thing that will likely not be is software sales. With headsets …

Ndreams CEO Patrick O'Luanaigh offers advice on how to present information in virtual reality