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With consumer versions of leading virtual reality headsets finally on the horizon, James Batchelor looks at the expectations and pressures VR devs face – and asks whether 2016 really is the year that virtual reality succeeds

In this week’s MCV we take a lengthy and in-depth look at the lucrative PC games market. Creative Assembly’s brand director RobBartholomew shares his thoughts on the state of a vast and unpredictable market, we discuss how to build the ultimate VR games machine and find out the best performing …

BBC Radio 5 will air a 90-minute special dedicated to the history and impact of football video games this evening. Starting at 19:30, the show will be hosted by Dan Walker and Julia Hardy, and features guests including England women’s captain Steph Houghton, FIFA YouTuber Spencer Owen, Sports Interactive boss …

Worms creators Team17 has signed another interesting games project – this time from 16 year-old Anthony Tan. Team17’s transition into publishing big indie titles (or label, as they like to call themselves) has seen it sign some significant releases, including Yooka-Laylee, The Escapists and Allison Road. The new game is …

The games buying manager at UK supermarket behemoth Tesco, Jon Hayes, has left the firm. He will be replaced by Alison Mair, who is buying manager of newspapers and magazines. She has been in the entertainment team for five years having previously worked with DVDs. Hayes has left Tesco to …

The BBC has commissioned a brand new monthly Radio 1 show dedicated to video games. The programme – simply called The Radio 1 Gaming Show – is currently set to start on Friday March 11th and will be presented by games media personality Julia Hardy. The show is aimed at …

Games giant EA says it ison a targeted mission to fix its PC reputation. The firm has frustrated PC fans in recent years, following the poor launch performances of titles such as SimCity and Battlefield 4, plus perceived missing features from The Sims 4. The publisher has since introduced a …

EA will not have its massive E3 booth this year, the firm has confirmed. Instead, Electronic Arts will be holding public events in Los Angeles, as well as London. E3 is not open to consumers, and EA wants to show its latest titles directly with fans. It follows a number …

EA will be holding a brand new games event in London and LA this June. The event will be taking place at London’s The Mermaid on June 12th. On the other side of the pond in LA, Play will be at Club Nokia @ LA Live between June 12th and …

Wolfsburg completed several attention-grabbing transfers last summer, underlining their ambition to establish the club at the pinnacle of German football. Among those putting pen to paper were former Brazilian international Dante from Bayern Munich, Germany striker Max Kruse from Borussia Monchengladbach and Schalke’s world champion Julian Draxler. Yet amid all …