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Ubisoft has revealed that the beta for its new online shooter IP The Division was played by a record-breaking 6.4 million gamers. It is the biggest beta for a new IP on ‘current generation platforms’. That’s PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to you and me. In doing so it beats …

Bethesda has offered another glimpse into the secretive world of digital console game sales. Speaking to Game Informer, Bethesda producer Todd Howard has revealed that RPG hit Fallout 4 sold more digitally on day one that it did physically. To put that into perspective, while the publisher never announced any …

Deus Ex creator highlights character AI and emergent storytelling as the trends that will push game creation forwards

Multiplayer efforts including Marvel: Contest of Champions and Star Wars: Uprising to be prioritised

Oculus owner says that it wants to bring the structure of networks such as Instagram and WhatsApp to virtual reality

An animated series based on Japanese super brand Yo-Kai Watch will debut in over 100 countries in Europe and Africa in the coming months. That’s according todistributorViz Media Europe, which has announced that the Yo-Kai Watch TV show will debut on April 23rd in the UK. In January, the company …

UK studio offering up to £20,000 to help develop fresh types of interactive fiction

VMC’s Kirstin Whittle reveals five widespread slip-ups that impact your perception of bringing in other firms

A full version of HoloLens will launch ‘when the world is ready’, to avoid the fate suffered by Kinect, Microsoft has said. If a consumer bought it today, they would have 12 things to do with it,” creator Alex Kipmanexplained (viaRecode). And they would say: ‘Cool, I bought a $3,000 …

One of the biggest titles in the battle arena genre is coming to another platform. Smitebecame the largest MOBA to hit the console platform last year when developerHiRez Studiostook the title to theXbox One. Now the game is coming to another platform—the PlayStation. TodaySmiteentered Closed Alpha on the PS4. Read …