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Xbox 360 titles may not be the end of Microsoft’s backwards compatibility ambitions for Xbox One. Having recently added support for select Xbox 360 titles to Xbox One (via digital downloads), Xbox boss Phil Spencer has now said that support for the original Xbox is something he has been actively …

For 18 months, there have been a lot of exciting developments for VR. Facebook purchased Oculus for $2bn, while Sony was getting involved in this new space with Project Morpheus. And Valve announced it had partnered up with HTC for its first Valve VR headset, the Vive. But in recent …

With the latest version, Wwise is striving to bridge the gap between video games and digital audio workstations

An upcoming update to Nvidia’s GeForce Experience software will bring an interesting update that apes some of the innovations seen on PS4. GeForce Experience is available to all Nvidia graphics cards owners and already offers a number of features such as auto game tuning and, via the ShadowPlay option, gameplay …

Valve and Adult Swim have partnered to bring the weird and wonderful antics of Rick & Morty to Dota 2. A post onAdult Swim’s Twitter accountrevealed the new Dota 2 announcer pack, with the $7.99 DLC available now on thegame’s store. The pack swaps out the ‘Default’ and ‘Mega-Kills’ announcers …

Young Horses has revealed its indie hit Octodad: Dadliest Catch will arrive on Xbox One next week. Ablog postfrom the studio announces the game where you flop around as an octopus masquerading as a family man will hit Xbox Live through the ID@Xbox self-publishing program on August 26thfor $14.99. The …

Shadowrun: Hong Kong has launched on Windows PC and Mac platforms, developer Harebrained Schemes has announced. Like Shadowrun Returns, the latest standalone effort in the popular RPG series was successfully Kickstarted, hitting its goal in a matter of hours in route to raising more than $1m in funding for the …

Series of short videos covers basics of animation, materials, models and lighting

It had been sold as one of Nintendo’s major business pillars for the future, but could Nintendo’s Quality of Life adventure be over before it has begun? Fortune reports that following the death of CEO and president Satoru Iwata last month, several analysts have speculated that the company may not …

On Tuesday, August 18, the first students of Sweden’s new eSports curriculum enrolled at Arlanda Gymnasiet school inMrsta. Seven High School students became the first to join a new national curriculum track in physical education, devoting lesson time to the tactics and mastery of eSports. It is the perfect time …