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Steam’s latest best sellers chart shows Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has taken the top spot for its fourth consecutive week. The latest in the MGS franchise beat out Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, which hopped back all the way up to the runner-up spot on the list thanks …

Engine firm creates portal dedicated to showing off most impressive projects built with its widely used tech

And they have racked up a collective 2.5bn downloads – 20m installs per day

Ndemic Creations’ disease-based strategy game Plague Inc is No.1 this week in the iPhone charts, and takes second place in the iPad Top Ten. Last week the title was No.7 in the iPhone ranks, while it wasn’t in the iPad Top Ten. Plague Inc debuted on iOS in May 2012, …

From The Terminator to Titanfall, it’s impossible to escape the impending robot apocalypse. Droids have long held a special place in the public conscience – just look at the recent excitement surrounding the reveal of a toy based on upcoming Star Wars gizmo BB-8. So it’s perhaps little surprise to …

It has emerged that a piece of Chinese malware was able to bypass Apple’s notoriously tough App Store safeguards. TechSpot reports that the creators of the malicious XcodeGhost code embedded it in a fake version of Apple’s Xcode developer software. This was then posted online where a number of developers …

Frontier’s Elite Dangerous will soon add compatibility with a second virtual reality headset. The space sim is already one of the few mainstream releases to already offer Oculus Rift support. Now it has been confirmed that the game will support SteamVR’s HTC Vive headset at launch. We’re thrilled to announce …

The ESL has appointed Spike Laurie as business partner and co-Managing Director of their UK operations. Laurie, who previously comes from Warner Bros., worked as retention and engagement manager there for three years, on titles such as Shadow of Mordor and Batman: Arkham Knight. He will be joining James Dean, …

Team Ninja has confirmed a third entry in the Dead or Alive Xtreme series – and it’s going to support Sony’s virtual reality headset. Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 was announced last week at the Tokyo Game Show. Confirmed characters were selected via fan vote and include Marie Rose, Honoka, …

DraftKingsis launching afantasy eSports product, the first foray for a majortraditional fantasy sports site into the video game industry. DraftKingsannounced the launch via its Playbook:” We’re launching an esports section on DraftKings, where you can play fantasy esports and win big money, just like you do now with football, baseball, …