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Sony is revealed it is launching a hardware bundle with everything consumers need for PlayStation VR. Speaking to TechInsider, an unnamed Sony rep sitting in on an interview with PlayStation’s Shuhei Yoshida said that a bundle that comes with the PlayStation VR headset, Camera and Move motion controller would be …

New programme includes App Store-like web portal, with QA provided by the tech company

Classic party game Werewolf is coming to Virtual Reality via Ubisoft. Under the name Werewolves Within, the game will ask four to eight players to uncoverthewerewolves that have been terrorising the medieval village of Gallowston. It’s due this year for ‘major VR platforms’ and is being developed by Ubisoft’s Red …

Confusion arises from new qualification, but CMO Clive Downie stresses initiative is targeted at graduates

Former Climax Studios director and indie dev joins as executive creative director

There are 230 companies making a VR game. These include companies we’re already familiar with, such as Crytek, Climax, NDreams and Harmonix, but also a number of surprise names. For instance, Dark Souls creator From Software has a VR game in the works, as does 2K Games – whose CEO …

Electronic Arts is the second major third-party publisher to develop a Virtual Reality project. Despite attracting support from a number of high profile developers, including Crytek, Rebellion and Creative Assembly, big third-party publishers have been reluctant to jump into the VR sector. Take-Two told MCV that it was waiting to …

FireOS support, Unity Multiplayer, Cinematic Image Effects suite all now live, Unity Analytics drops SDK

Christopher Dring asks PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan about the plans for PlayStation VR following the hardware’s brief appearance during Paris Games Week in October. IHS says you’ll sell 1.6m VR headsets and generate $500m by the end of 2016. Is that what you expect? No idea. Sorry, that’s not… …

Tom Clancy’s The Division is the fastest-selling new IP in history, Ubisoft has declared. The game – which is already the biggest selling Q1 game in UK games industry history – has smashed Destiny’s new IP record by generating $330m in five days. It also tops Watch Dogs, which was …