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The Chinese Room’s 2015 PS4 exclusive Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is leading the charge in the 2016 British Academy Games Awards. The game has won itself an impressive ten nominations, with Sam Barlow’s Her Story and CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt both receiving seven. Five nominations …

Spending a huge among on the very best or a bit less on something that may be good enough – that appears to be the choice that will face VR buyers this year. Sony has in an extensive interview with Polygon said that the Oculus Rift (and presumably HTC Vive) …

Civilization designer Brian Reynolds and Tim Train reacquired rights to studio name following 38 Studios collapse in 2012

The developer of the next Gears of War has not ruled out a release for the game on PC. Speaking to Game Informer, studio head at The Coalition Rod Fergusson replied with a possibly” when asked if Gears of War 4 could ever come to PC. The news comes at …

E3 organisers ESA discuss the future of its event in this week’s MCV. That’s on top of an exclusive interview with Life Is Strange makers Dontnod, plus all the images and winners from this year’s MCV Awards. Elsewhere, we talk with gaming merchandise experts to find out how this market …

Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture racks up 10 awards nods, with Her Story and The Witcher III claiming seven each

UK retailer GAME says it will now offer a 24-hour customer service hotline by transferring it to an external partner. GAME currently handles customer services internally at its Basingstoke HQ, but can only be reached between 8am – 8pm (or 10am – 5pm on Sunday). According to employees at GAME’s …

Creatures Family to launch in 2017, preceded by "multi-platform teaser" releases

Fabric for Games web portal also launched

Well, The Division has got off to an absolute flyer. Ubisoft’s new Tom Clancy game has sold more copies in its first 24 hours than any other Ubisoft title in the company’s history, the firm states. So it’s bigger than any Assassin’s Creed or indeed Watch Dogs which, at the …