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Rocket League studio Psyonix says that PS4 and Xbox One players being able to compete with each other will be a big boost to the eSports industry. The firm’s VP of marketing and communications Jeremy Dunham has told MCV that the No.1 reason the studio is urging Sony and Microsoft …

Steam Spy compares April data to show that Top Ten best-sellers remain stable while more and more games struggle to find traction

Back in 2004, Xbox VP Peter Moore spent two days pretending to be PlayStation CEO Ken Kutaragi. During the planning stages of Xbox 360, Moore (who now works at EA) and his fellow Microsoft employees – including former Xbox president Robbie Bach and chief technology officer J Allard – had …

New logic pieces, ability to create ‘stage clear’ games and multiple worlds, and particle effect creator among changes for accessible creator software

It’s looking more certain than ever that a new Xbox will be revealed at E3 in June. Established Microsoft source Paul Thurrot has now thrown his hat into the ring by stating that Microsoft will reveal some sort of new hardware at the show. The question, however, is whether the …

1.2 release includes changes to particle editor, FBX importer, networking component and GMEM rendering path, plus support for new Android devices

Bandai Namco’s latest release based on the popular One Piece manga has taken both first and second place in Japan, according to data from Famitsu. The new release claimed the top spot with its PS4 SKU, which shifted 31,162 units. The Vita edition charted in second place with 28,831 copies …

Nathan Mills joins from Stature PR, IGN’s Daniel Krupa is promoted to UK managing editor and GameSpot appoints a new video producer. Koei Tecmo hires new marketing exec The Dead or Alive publisher has hired Nathan Millsas its new PR and marketing executive for the UK. Mills stated: After obtaining …

The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer highlights focus on small number of projects, critical success over commercial gain and industry-changing releases as following in the footsteps of Grand Theft Auto studio

Sony has revealed that it sold 17.7m PS4 consoles in its last financial year. That number was better than forecast and represents PS4’s best year yet. That brings total sell in for the machine to 40m units, Twitter’s ZhugeEX calculates. At the same stage in its lifecycle, the PS2 had …