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Developer Ninja Theory has confirmed that its upcoming game Hellblade will be coming to PlayStation 4 and PC on the same day. The studio announced this on its official Twitter account (below) when replying to a fan. The title was announced at Gamescom 2014 on Sony’s stage. Hellblade was revealed …

Sony CEO Kaz Hirai says 200 studios are working with the new virtual reality hardware

An impossible dream of creating a triple-A Star Wars RPG has, unsurprisingly, been cancelled by its creator. The pitch lit up parts of the internet earlier this week. With all the open world RPGs out there how is there not a good one for Star Wars?” it asked. I have …

Co-creators of classic sci-fi title say they still own the copyright on their games

PlayStation VR is out in the first half of 2016, and according to Sony CEO Kaz Hirai, there should be a large selection of games to play on the tech. Speaking to the BBC at CES, Hirai said that ‘probably about 100 or more’ VR titles are being made for …

It seems that The Chinese Room’s Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture could be coming to PC. Banner art for the previously PlayStation 4-exclusive has been spotted in Steam’s database, pointing towards the title’s release on that platform. This isn’t the first hint that Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture would be …

An American marketing specialist has said Facebook got it spot on about keeping quiet about the true heft of the Oculus Rift’s price tag. Until Wednesday Oculus has suggested various RRPs for the device ranging between $200 and north of $350. As a result, the actual RRP of $599 came …

Founder of 3DM predicts DRM advancements could produce impregnable games by 2018

Joint venture between Microsoft and Creative England offering up to £50,000 to promising studios outside Greater London

PC and mobile titles to use free global classification process