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Ryan Barnard, the game director of Ubisoft’s most recent smash hit The Division, has departed the company and moved to the makers of Hitman, IO Interactive. Barnard is taking on the newly-created role of gameplay director, and according to publisher Square Enix will be heading up three of IO’s core …

In February, US studio Hi-Rez announced that it has finally decided to cross the pond to open a brand new office in Brighton, and appointed Vronique Lallier to run it. The developer also announced that of its beloved Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) title Smite will be coming to PS4. …

As previously suggested, Sony has officially detailed a PlayStation VR bundle that contains everything a PS4 owner needs. The $499.99 SKU includes the PlayStation VR headset and cables, a PlayStation Camera, two Move controllers, the PlayStation VR Worlds game collection, a VR demo disc and a pair of headphones. Initially …

MCV speaks to Rich Taylor, the senior vice president of E3 organiser ESA, about the recent loss of Activision and EA from the expo’s show floor. EA and Activision have both decided not to hold a booth at E3 this year. It has raised questions within the trade over the …

You only get virtual reality when you try it. So allowing folk to try it looks like it will define the upcoming VR marketing push. This poses a problem for Sony, Facebook and Steam/HTC. They desperately want folk to buy PlayStation VR (350), Oculus Rift (500) and HTC Vive (690). …

The judging panel for the Women in Games Awards has been announced, with leading executives from across all sectors of the UK games industry voting on these special accolades. The judging panel will choose the Top 30 Women in Games. They will also vote on the winner for each of …

Forget NX and smartphone games – the product that might just come to define Nintendo’s 2016 is a 3DS title. Yo-kai Watch is a monster of a Japanese phenomenon. Created by Level-5 (the company responsible for the Professor Layton series), the last Yo-kai Watch movie attracted more viewers in its …

Sony’s PlayStation VR will be able to offer Vive-like room-scale tech. Room-scale allows users to meander about their homes while doing the same in VR. With HTC Vive, this is achieved via two emitters positioned in opposing corners of an allocated space. With PlayStation VR, this will be achieved via …

Adds that studios should considering hiring female devs with potential rather than established male veterans to break the ‘self-perpetuating cycle’

Epic fund for UE4 creators has now donated more than $1.2 million