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University of Advancing Technology inviting young programmers for 24-hour hackathon

On the surface, Song of the Deep doesn’t come across as anything particularly remarkable. The 2D underwater action adventure is pretty, and bound to delight a certain type of gamer. But ultimately it looks like most other 2D indie games that are on the market at the moment. Yet there …

January marked another sales victory in the US for Sony’s PS4, according to NPD data. VentureBeat reports that PS4 enjoyed another sales win over Xbox One. Microsoft’s machine only managed to outsell Sony’s in two of 2015’s months – April and October. And that’s despite some heavy discounting on Xbox …

In Slippery Slope, the key to kids avoiding the temptation of terrorism is navigating through a series of coloured blocks

Company collaborating with Immense Simulations to research the possibilities for ‘autonomous vehicle fleets’

Newly Activision-owned studio’s profit drops 10 per cent as revenue similarly falls 12 per cent

Publisher Activision has said that both Skylanders SuperChargers and Guitar Hero Live failed to meet sales expectations. Call of Duty: Black Ops III, however, exceeded them on every single level. The toys-to-life category grew in 2015, although that was mostly down to market leader LEGO Dimensions, which not only performed …

The narrative goes that print is in decline, but Future’s Official PlayStation has bucked the trend with a 9.6 per cent increase in physical magazine circulation year-on-year. These figures come as a part of Audit Bureau of Circulation’s final 2015 report, which indicates that Official PlayStation Magazine’s print circulation rose …

Stealth-action series takes a break from annual release cycle to ‘evolve game mechanics’

Activision has confirmed rumours that Destiny 2 won’t be released in 2016. On what seems to be the day for validating press leaks, Activision has said that a new expansion for the shooter will arrive this year, exactly as was previosuly reported. On Destiny, we expect to deliver a new …