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The revenue generated by game downloads has officially become one of the measures by which the Office of National Statistics measures UK inflation. The ONS has a ‘shopping basket’ of goods that it tracks, with price changes used to gauge how inflation is shifting in the UK. City AM reports …

While players who won’t part with a penny average around 45 minutes daily, adds former Playdom creative director Eric Todd

There’s a new virtual reality headset on the block that looks to address two of the key problems with most VR headsets. The AMD Sulon Q is an all-in-one solution that is not only wire-free, but also does not require users to plus it into a PC or console. There’s …

Engine firm says that new ability is suitable for maximising performance in AR and VR titles

$99 price tag dropped for studios making under $100,000 annually

Intel Developer Blog: John Evelyn used the Intel XDK development kit to bring his dream of hand-drawn visuals to iOS and Android

The battle to be the world’s most powerful graphics card is always shifting, and today a new beast sits on the throne. It’s called the Radeon Pro Duo, the unit houses two Fiji GPUs, amounting to 16 teraflops of computer performance and 8GB of on board RAM. Also included is …

Surprise – it’s based on the upcoming movie, rather than the games

Trials on Tatooine is the first official lightsaber simulator in virtual reality. We wonder if it will be popular…

Programme promotes ‘Stream First’ as a valuable game design philosophy for creators