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GAME saw a 4.5 per cent dip in pre-tax adjusted profit in the last financial year. The final number reached 38m, down from the 39.8m in the previous year. Adjusted EBITDA earning fell 8.6 per cent to 46.9m. Group revenue was up 0.6 per cent at 866.6m, however, with UK …

The BBC’s investment in eSports marks a potential turning point for the sector, leading experts say. For the first time in the UK, competitive gaming will no longer be the reserve of specialist streaming services but will instead be widely accessible thanks to the broadcast of the League of Legends …

Glu Mobile CEO Niccolo De Masi has detailed his company’s superstar-focused strategy, explaining that celebrity partnerships work as permanent marketing assets for their respective games. Games Industry reports on De Masi’s appearance at GamesBeat 2015, where the executive touched on the value a celebrity can bring to a casual-focused studio …

The Talos Principle Deluxe Edition has arrived for PS4, publisher Devolver Digital has announced. Croteam’s first-person puzzle collaboration with writers Jonas Kyratzes and Tom Jubert is now available at retail for $50. The release contains both The Talos Principle and its Road to Gehenna DLC. The Talos Principle launched late …

A special boxed release of The Witcher 3 Hearts of Stone has been delayed in North America, developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed. Word of logistical” issues from the studiocame just hours ahead of the official release of the popular RPG’s new content arrival. The delay affects all North American …

The UK’s greatest journalists have once again picked up top awards at the2015 Games Media Awards. Simon Parkin claimed two awards for his work, in both the Features Writer and Mainstream Voice categories. "I love writing, I love stories and this is the best industry to be writing about," Parkin …

Growing a fabulous moustache isn’t going to be the only way to contribute to Movember this year. GameSpot reports that The Movember Foundation has today launched a game on iOS called Run Mo Run! It’s also on the way to Android, although that version doesn’t seem to have appeared yet. …

Developers working on VR projects would do well to keep PC players’ current set-ups in mind as most potential adopters plan to hold on to their current rig. In a survey carried out buy Valve, 42 per cent of 2,000 respondents said they were not planning to upgrade their computer …

The original creator of football series Kick Off is back on board for a Sony-backed revival of the series. Kick Off, which vied for dominance with fellow top-down football series Sensible Soccer, first arrived in 1989. Dini went on to make Kick off 2, Goal! And eventually Kick Off 3, …

Facebook will sell the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset at cost in an attempt to boost early adoption, Credit Suisse has predicted. As reported by Barron’s, the analyst group reckons Facebook will hope to make money on the headsets via subsequent software sales. This model is not a million miles …