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Last night’s The Game Awards saw Nintendo’s American boss Reggie Fils-Aime deliver a touching tribute to the company’s late boss Satoru Iwata. Iwata passed away in July of bile duct cancer. He was aged 55. "One of the most over-used words in the English language is unique,” Fils-Aime said. That’s …

After bringing its Rock Band franchise back this year, Harmonix is now set to launch the IP on Oculus Rift. The firm has announced that Rock Band will be launching on the Oculus Rift headset next year. Harmonix debuted a trailer (below) for the game at last night’s The Game …

Retailers GAME and Overclockers have partnered up to offer gaming PCs and components in GAME stores and on its website. As well as allowing GAME customers to trade in against PC goods, GAME Wallet will also be integrated into the Overclockers website, meaning buyers can cash in their GAME Reward …

Enlighten’s latest release brings affordability and screen-space independency to dynamic reflections

Following rumours and speculation, Psyonix has confirmed that its chaotic car-football title is coming to Xbox One. During last night’s The Game Awards, the developer released a trailer confirming that Rocket League was in fact launching on Xbox One in February 2016. This follows Psyonix’s VP of marketing and communications …

Double Fine is looking for $3.3m to make a sequel to 2005 platformer Psychonauts. Tim Schafer announced the game at The Game Awards last night. Along with the money raised from crowdfunding platform Fig, the game will also be propped up by the studio itself and investors. In total an …

Japanese publisher Sega has slashed its fiscal predictions for the year for the second time. The firm’s net sales forecasts have been cut by 65 billion (15 per cent), from 420 billion to 355 billion. In a document on its investor relations page, Sega says that this reduction in predicted …

Donations appeal now open for Monolith Productions’ Michael Forgey

Real-life scale city also available to view in Covent Garden this weekend

Telltale’s The Walking Dead spin-off centered around fan-favourite character Michonne is now coming out in February 2016. That’s according to a trailer released during last night’s The Game Awards where Telltale also announced it was working on a Batman title. The Walking Dead: Michonne was announced during this year’s E3 …