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The arrival of Oculus Rift was akin to a video game test launch, says GAME. The Rift was released via Oculus’ own website last week, although it was missing a couple of features – namely the special Oculus Touch controllers. And GAME boss Martyn Gibbs has played down fears that …

‘Even a few steps is enough to drive everyone away,’ Tarn Adams says of previous method of funding ambitious simulation title

The latest entry in the Final Fantasy series needs to shift more than 10 million units to be considered a success. As reported by Kotaku UK, game director Hajime Tabata said at a press conference that Final Fantasy XV needs to hit this figure over its lifetime. This is a …

John Broomhall talks with Remedy’s Richard Lapington about creating the sound of the time-bending title

GamesRadar+’s reviews editor is now self-employed, EA names Laura Miele as EVP of global publishing and IO poaches Ubisoft director Ryan Barnard. Justin Towell departs GamesRadar+ Justin Towellhas just departed GamesRadar+ after ten years at Future to become self-employed. He joined the company in 2006, rising from editorial assistant to …

Publisher to bring all of Japanese studio’s games to US from now on, but the two companies will remain separate entities

In this week’s MCV, we offer a complete guide to London Games Festival plus interviews with TinyBuild, GAME and Remedy. GAME boss Martyn Gibbs discusses the firm’s challenging 2015, TinyBuild muses on piracy as its latest game is illegally downloaded 1.6m times, while Remedy chats about its latest blockbuster Quantum …

Sites such as Twitch and YouTube have been criticised for blocking videos containing copyrighted songs

Stand Up For GamesAid is returning on Monday, May 9th at London’s The Comedy Store. Tickets are available right now for just 15 (plus 2 booking fee) . It is always a fun evening and always sells out, so make sure to get your tickets early.You can buy them right …

Threading architecture improvements, cloth simulation, quicker garbage collection and animation tweaks among optimisations on show in upcoming PC and PS4 MOBA