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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

There will be a Gran Turismo game on PS4 this year. Polyphony Digital CEO Kazunori Yamauchi has said that Gran Turismo Sport will be released on November 18th, promising plenty of innovations. The last time we saw the series was Gran Turismo 6, which hit PS3 after the release of …

Company also teams up with Microsoft and Vungle for new promotion

Go on, try not to read that figure in his voice

Changes ranged from snap-on targeting and camera assistance to optional ability to hold button instead of mashing and multiplayer UI colour tweaks

Other new features include crowd animation tools, modelling tech and third-party rendering for Houdini Indie

‘I actually think it's better to make games using internal tools,’ says founder Hideo Kojima, but explains that external tools will allow him to release first title faster