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Service supports more than 130 in-game payment options in over 200 countries

One of the big three virtual reality companies has said consumers will be able to pre-order its headset next month. HTC, which has partnered with Steam to make the Vive, will begin accepting pre-orders on February 29th. Oculus Rift made a similar announcement last week, although that was just two …

May is looking increasingly likely to be the month that the delayed sequel to 2011 shooter Homefront is finally released. Xbox Achievements caught wind of a reservation card for the game being sold by US retailer Target. That had a release date of May 17th 2016 printed on it. Now …

The exact number of Xbox Ones sold worldwide remains a mystery, but we now know that it is in excess of 18m units. GameSpot reports that a reporter on ZDnet heard from sources that new stat gathering for Windows 10 revealed that 18m Xbox One consoles are ‘active’. Microsoft later …

Former Creative England head of games branches out with start-up venture

SuperData’s Joost van Dreunen offers his advice on breaking into this key emerging market

The writer of Half-Life 1 and 2 has revealed that he is no longer working at Valve after 18 years at the company. Marc Laidlaw wrote both 1998’s Half-Life and its acclaimed 2004 sequel alone, becoming lead writer for the latter title’s two follow-up episodes. In response to afan emailrequesting …

PlayStation platform holder Sony has risked aggravating the sizable YouTube community by applying to trademark one of its most popular terms. ‘Let’s Play’ is a term widely used by many makers for gameplay videos. However, Sony in October filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office …

Company created in 2013 by Activision co-founder Howard Marks and Ron Miller

Dave Dohrmann takes over as acting CEO at Marvel Heroes firm