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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 …

As we countdown to the MCV Awards 2016, which takes place in London on March 3rd, we profile each of the finalists for the Best Publisher category 2K Games 2K had its best year since 2008 in terms of revenue – both its WWE and NBA franchises have grown by …

New ProtoStar demo unveiled at Mobile World Congress, is first app to use follow-up to OpenGL

Hafu Chan is one of the bestHearthstone Arenaplayers in the world. She’s also a woman. Some of the things she has to deal with a result of those two factsare the topic ofThe Trials of a Female Esports Champion, a ten-minute interview/documentary that examines some of the struggles women face …