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The first wave of VR headsets isn’t even on shelves and yet developers are already spoilt for choice. Develop gets a grip on virtual reality’s many contenders with the help of Oculus VR’s Jason Rubin, Valve’s Chet Faliszek, PlayStation’s Simon Benson and Razer’s Jeevan Aurol

The planned Nintendo expansion to the Universal Studios theme park in Japan will boast a budget to rival other big-named projects, it has been claimed. The Telegraph reports that the Japanese press are reporting that some 250m is being invested into the project after details were finalised last week. This …

With hundreds of sessions crammed into the week, it’s easy to miss the best of GDC. Develop is on hand to help with our pick of the best talks from this year’s show

An ad seemingly posted on IGN by mistake seems to have revealed the release date for Blizzard’s Overwatch. Reddit spotted an ad for the upcoming multiplayer shooter that carried a release date of May 24th for the title. However, perhaps more interesting is the date it had listed for the …

‘Our aim is to help legal license owners distribute games based on MAME, and to make MAME become a learning tool for developers working on development boards,’ said engineer Miodrag Milanovic

Industry awards ceremony celebrating the talent in the meteoric international eSports scene to land later this year

Technology joins cloud-powered modular Game Development Suite platform

An Australian retailer has taken steps to reduce the appeal of games designed for those aged 18 and above. In much the same way as some territories have enforced the use of plain packaging for cigarettes, Attack of the Fanboy reports that Target is now displaying games with an R18+ …

Tranzfuser initiative aims to provide games graduates with up to £30,000 to form a team and bring a title to market

The latest entry in Ubisoft’s Far Cry series holds fast at No.1 in the UK this week. The Stone Age survival game saw a 64 per cent drop in sales as a PC version launched alongside its PS4 and Xbox One brethren. The title holds off competition from Nintendo’s re-release …