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The creator of MotorStorm and Driveclub has closed its doors. Games Industry reports that Sony has closed Evolution. 55 jobs were cut at the studio almost exactly a year ago. What this means for the future of Driveclub, which suffered a calamitous launch, remains uncertain. We have reviewed and assessed …

The virtual reality market might be opening up to a wider audience than first believed. Both Steam’s HTC Vive and the Oculus Rift have named the Nvidia GTX 970 or AMD 290 as the recommended cards for VR on PC. However, neither has yet specified their minimum requirements. And with …

Apple last night unveiled two brand new iOS products, adding yet more options to its already swelling catalogue of smartphones and tablets. First up is the iPhone SE, which is best thought of as an iPhone 6 crammed into an iPhone 5 chassis, will go on sale at the end …

Chinese games firm aims to become “only truly global online and mobile publisher”

Online games giant Bigpoint has been acquired by Chinese games specialist Youzu Interactive. The deal will go through in April, subject to Chinese acquisition processes. Bigpoint is a specialist in free-to-play online and mobile games with offices around the world (including its native Hamburg, Lyon, Istanbul, San Francisco, Berlin and …

Tech behind Blossom Blast Saga now available, one codebase supports six mobile and desktop platforms

A number of gamers who thought they’d grabbed the Fallout 4 Season Pass for free last week are out of luck. The 39.99 download, which gives access to the RPG’s future DLC, suddenly had its price reduced to a quite bargainous 0.00 last week, leading to a flurry of stories …

Tom Clancy’s The Division has only been out for two weeks but it is already breaking records. The RPG has sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any game in Ubisoft’s history and has become the best-selling Q1 game ever. The firm did not provide any sales numbers …

Ninja Theory shares GDC demo of real-time performance capture from Unreal press briefing

Sweden is responsible for many triple-A titles both on mobile and traditional platforms. For instance, Minecraft, The Division, Star Wars Battlefront and Candy Crush Saga have all been developed by Swedish studios. Swedish games have often been described as booming and for good reason,” stated Per Strmbck, the spokesperson for …