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The PlayStation 4 edition of Fallout 4 will include some form of support for Remote Play on PS Vita, Bethesda has revealed. The company took toTwitterto show the game being streamed on Sony’s handheld, praising the tweaked control scheme implemented by designer Josh Hamrick. Hamrick is responsible for the Remote …

Market intelligence services group Ico Partner’s Thomas Bidaux has published new data which shows Star Citizen’s funding outpaced all successful video game Kickstarters combined in 2014. Gamasutra reports on Bidaux’s chart (posted below). It tallies nearly $33m earned by Star Citizen’s crowdfunding efforts last year, while Kickstarter projects combined for …

Free-to-play mobile release Lara Croft: Relic Run has exceeded 10m downloads, Square Enix has announced. The company revealed the milestone was reached across Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms – and less than six months out from its launch back in May. Square Enix is celebrating with a new content …

Series creator Yu Suzuki has said that he can’t promise 60fps performance in Shenmue 3, although he seems he can guarantee that its female characters will be sexually attractive. For the moment, I’m thinking about 30 frames per second,” he told DualShockers when asked about the game’s PS4 framerate. 60 …

Firefly, Serenity, Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6 and Star Wars: Rogue One star Alan Tudyk has revealed he walked away from a role in Uncharted 4. He told IGN was actively working on the title prior to the changes in 2014 that saw Amy Hennig leave developer Naughty Dog, the …

'PC gamers are important to Ubisoft'

RPG 7th Dragon III Code: VFD has shot to the top of the Japanese software charts in its first week. Sega’s new title outsold Super Mario Maker by almost four times last week, as Nintendo’s DIY game for the Wii U slipped to second. Meanwhile, former third place title FIFA …

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Publisher Ubisoft has said that it has joined the Open Gaming Alliance (OGA) to build some bridges with the PC gaming community. PC gamers are important to Ubisoft, and we’re committed to better understanding and addressing their needs and to continually improving our relationship with them,” Ubisoft’s consumer and marketing …

Super Evil MegaCorp has been making in-roads in the eSports scene this year, positioning hit MOBAVaingloryas one of the first major competitive mobile games with a South Korean televised league in the summer. Now the studio has revealed its next big move after July’s Invitational: huge live events for its …