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Major League Gaming, a professional eSports organization,announced on Mondaythat it was acquired by video game publisher Activision Blizzard for a reported $46m, bringing MLG’s assets and infrastructure under Activision Blizzard’s Media Network. This is the latest event in a timeline that begins on 21 October, when the publisher announced it …

‘Big technology breakthrough’ blends physical and virtual reality

The addition of a camera system has been revealed as the technological ‘breakthrough’ that has held up the launch of the HTC Vive virtual reality headset. HTC revealed just before Christmas that the Vive would miss its 2015 launch date due to what was described as a very big technological …

The earliest and keenest supporters of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset have just had some very good news. The company has confirmed that those who backed the Oculus Rift during its Kickstarter campaign at a high enough tier to get a development kit – some 6,955 people – will …

Moshi Monsters creator saw net loss plummet to £14.1 million in 2014

There’s not a lawyer in the world that can stop Hideo Kojima from accepting his next award in person. It has been confirmed that the Metal Gear Solid creator will become the 21st member of the DICE Hall of Fame at the 19th DICE Awards on February 19th. Furthermore, film …

The growth of Windows 10 continues with the operating system now installed on more than 200m devices. The milestone was revealed by astatement from Yusuf Mehdi, corporate VP for Microsoft’s Windows and Devices group, in which he stated that more than 40 per cent of new Windows 10 devices become …

Sony has announced that cumulative sell through” of the PS4 has, as of January 3rd, reached 35.9m units. That follows unit sales of 5.7m units worldwide during the 2015 holiday season” which, presumably, represents the period from November 22nd to January 3rd. Worldwide digital and retail software sales have now …

Microsoft has announced that the PC edition of Rise of the Tomb Raider will be hitting Steam and Windows 10 at the end of January. The action adventure title will be coming out on January 28th, according to the publisher. This is in line with what was leaked from Amazon …

Brad Fuller, who helped create the soundtracks to a number of classic 1980s video games, has died. Working as a composer for video games since 1978, Fuller joined Atari in 1982, where he created the scores to titles including Tetris, Donkey Kong, Marble Madness and Gauntlet II. He also worked …