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Sega has revealed that it did not do as well financially as it expected – even with a a reduced fiscal predictions. The firm announced it made 154.3bn in net sales (827m) which is down 1.1 per cent on the firm’s previous reduced expectations for the six months ending September …

Develop speaks to FuturLab’s operations director Kirsty Rigden about life at the Velocity 2X studio

The Japanese version of Wii U title Xenoblade Chronicles X features a 13-year-old girl in some of skimpiest clothes you’ve ever seen. The Western release, fortunately, will not. As reported by Eurogamer, the original game sees Lin in a black-strap costume, complete with crotch window and underboob. In case you …

If you were worried that Sony’s virtual reality headset would be launching without any games, your fears appear to be unfounded. PlayStation VR (nee Project Morpheus) will hit retail in the first half of 2016, according to the platform holder, and will have a cost comparable to that of a …

While she was coaching a professional Latin AmericanSmiteesports team, Lydia Picknell kept seeing one Spanish word that was forever popping up on spectator comment panels during live streams. She was always coming across the word ‘puta’ attached to her name. She had an idea what it meant, but she had …

Publisher apologies and promises to continue addressing persistent bugs

For the first time Warner has admitted that some of the technical issues plaguing Batman: Arkham Knight on PC may never be fully addressed. The game was pulled from sale shortly after its release on Steam in the summer thanks to significant performance issues for many users and a number …

Total investment in Derby-based developer reaches £2m

Halo 5: Guardians has taken the No.1 spot in the UK charts, deposing previous top dog Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. Microsoft’s sci-fi Xbox One exclusive beat the Week One sales of last year’s The Master Chief Collection by 50 per cent. Guardians also outsold Syndicate Week One sales by 50 per …

Gfinity, the eSports – or gaming –company, held an accelerated share sale yesterday to raise 1m, after reporting a loss of 3.6m in the year to 30 June. The 19p share price represented a discount of approximately 22.4 per cent. The company issued a little over five million new ordinary …