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Rebellion co-founder Jason Kingsley looks at the fall-out of recent 9/11 VR experience 8:46 and looks at whether it’s the tip of the iceberg for visceral VR experiences

The former head of the Fox Engine at Konami has joined rival Japanese publisher and developer Bandai Namco. Julien Merceron reportedly left the role of worldwide technology director at Konami back in September. Prior to that he had served under the same role at Square Enix. Now he has assumed …

A Siberian gamer who played Fallout 4 non-stop for three weeks is taking Bethesda to court, alleging that he became ‘addicted’ to the game. The 28-year-old claims no responsibility for the 21-day binge that he claims resulted in the loss of his wife and job. If I knew that this …

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Grand Theft Auto V has taken the top spot on Steam’s latest weekly best-sellers list. The game jumped ahead of Fallout 4 thanks to a feature discount promotion during the period, thus it wouldn’t be much of a surprise to see Bethesda’s recent release retake the top spot next time …

The sequel to PS2 release Hardware: Online Arena is scheduled to launch next month, exclusively for PS4. Following a beta run in October, Hardware: Rivals is set to officially release on January 5thfor Sony’s latest console. A post on thePlaystation Blogcovers the content that’s been added to the game since …

Funcom has reunited with Conan the Barbarian, revealing a new publishing agreement with Conan Properties. The deal makes Funcom the preferred partner” for PC and console releases based around Conan and Hyboria. The developer will reveal the first of three in-development games this January – the other two will be …

The annual ranking at reviews aggregator Metacritic has named Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as 2015’s highest reviewed game. However, the site’s takeaway message is thus: For the past several years, our year-end report on the year in games has contained a note stating that if the newest …

Bandai Namco has left it until just days before Christmas – and after most of the games press seems to have gone home – to announce a host of new titles and release dates. First off, both God Eater Resurrection and God Eater 2 are PS4, Vita and PC bound …