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Relentless has signed a major deal with toy manufacturer Hasbro, and will open a new studio as a result of the partnership. The Buzz and Murder Files developer was granted 550,000 by the Welsh government to help it secure a collaboration with Hasbro, which will see it create multiple new …

Nintendo has played down rumours suggesting it is ceasing production of the Wii U. Japanese news publication Nikkei revealed yesterday that the company would stop producing the Wii U before the end of the year. In a statement provided to Japanese website IT Media by Nintendo, the firm clarified: "The …

5.1 million PlayStation 4 and Xbox Ones have been sold in the UK. That’s according to High Street retailer GAME, which reported the figure in a presentation for its financials (as spotted by Videogamer). The firm cites GfK, IHS and IDG for these figures, which represent the install base of …

Source code for Temporal Reprojection AA now available via GitHub

Company helping British developers “cashflow their projects”

Artour Arteezy” Babaev and Saahil Universe” Arora have left theEvil GeniusesDota 2team in chaos by joining Shanghai Major champions Team Secret. Thenews, confirmed late last night by Team Secret’s funding director Kemal Sadikoglu, means Rasmus Misery” Filipsen and Aliwi w33haa” Omar have been ousted from the squad with only four …

Office becomes the largest outsourcing studio in Quebec

GAME’s earnings were down by almost 10m for the half-year until January 23rd, 2016. The firm cited the ‘challenging UK market’ for the slump in earnings, which totalled 33.1m. The figure is a slight improvement on the profit warning GAME issued in January, when it predicted that its half-year results …

Buzz creator helped by government to secure deal with Hasbro

Sony’s PlayStation VR has sold out once again. The virtual reality headset went on sale on Amazon.com earlier, only to sell out within minutes. Other retailers still appear to have stock available for launch, although how long that will last remains to be seen. Customers in the US have the …