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LA studio looking for systems and level designers, as well as artists, engineers and QA manager

Publisher EA has launched a PC version of its Access subscription service. EA Access debuted on Xbox One in 2014. For 3.99 per month gamers are given unlimited access to a growing catalogue of titles. Now PC gamers are able to get involved with the access via EA’s Origin PC …

Future’s GamesRadar+ has smashed its monthly user records in December 2015 with 11.3m people visiting the website. This is the second record-breaking month in a row after the site hit 9.8m unique users during November 2015. Furthermore, this growth in December represents a 29 per cent year-on-year growth over the …

Radial Games, Owlchemy Labs, and Kai and Tony Davidson tipped for Best VR Experience prize

Cineplex has launched its first national video game tournament in hopes of capitalizing on the growing popularity of competitive gaming to help fill seats at its countrywide chain of theatres. The company’s foray into gaming tournaments is aimed at a younger demographic being pulled away from movie theatres by mobile …

Vietnamese indie and Japanese developer of Pick-Xell working on ‘N Project’

GAME’s share price has improved slightly – up 8 per cent – after the retailer said its Christmas and New Year’s sales were not as bad as it feared. Sales trends improved for the three-week period ending January 9th, 2016, with transactions down 0.4 per cent. The retailer now repeats …

Development vet led series from 2001’s GTA III up to GTA V

No longer just the Master Chief’s AI buddy, Cortana is rapidly becoming a complex and multi-talented virtual assistant. Her applications for general PC and mobile use are well known, but Microsoft is keen to educate developers on how she can be used in games. James Batchelor finds out more

Global video games retailer GameStop has said that like-for-like store sales for the nine weeks ending January 2nd were up 4.4 per cent. That represents 4.9 per cent growth in the US and 3.9 per cent internationally. Total global sales grew 1.8 per cent to $2.99bn, up from last year’s …