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Studio rebranded as Skydance Interactive as it moves to focus on VR experiences

Turtle Beach has today announced a new partnership with OpTic Gaming. Combined with the announcement of the new Turtle Beach Elite Pro headset the partnership will see all OpTic players use the headset, along with the Elite Pro T.A.C. audio controller, when competing. The first event that will see OpTic …

Bethesda’s sequel to 2012 stealth action title Dishonored is going to be released in November. The publisher has announced that the follow-up will be launching worldwide on November 11th, 2016 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. This is – obviously – considerably later than the spring release initially outlined …

Publishing arm of broadcaster joins PlayStation, Sega, Channel 4, Curve, Soedesco, KISS, Green Man Gaming and Plug In Digital

Voice actor teaming up with Frima Studios to develop Con Man: The Game

Researcher Espen Aarseth to lead five-year study into game analysis, which he also hopes will combat stereotypes about addiction and violence

PS4, Xbox One and PC title will be a “step in a new direction”, according to president Hidetaka Miyazaki

Skillz CEO Andrew Paradise says casual games can be just as successful as hardcore eSports titles

Almost three years on from its successful Kickstarter, Mighty No. 9 might actually be on track for a release. In January the game was delayed for a third time to ‘spring 2016′. Technically it has missed that date, too – the game is currently due out on June 24th (June …

The BBC is the latest publisher that is looking to sign games from independent creators at Interface next week. If you want to meet the firm, then contact Georgia Blake at gblake@nbmedia.com or by calling 0207 354 6005. The event takes place in London on Thursday, May 5th. PlayStation is …