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Apple’s newfound dominance of the Chinese smartphone market may already be a thing of the past. Recent successes in the region have helped Apple to some record results, with the larger iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus proving a big hit in the highly lucrative Asian market. However, analyst Canalys …

Smite developer Hi-Rez has lifted the curtain on its new game – Paladins. It’s free-to-play, as you might expect. It’s also a team-based shooter, but incorporates card collecting elements designed to boost the ability of your heroes. Paladins is pencilled in for release on PS4, Xbox One and PC with …

Sony’s streaming games service PlayStation Now is rolling out onto two new platforms in the US today. At some stage today it will become available to PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV owners, adding to the existing support for PS4 and PS3. Support has also been rolled out to additional Bravia …

The 1990s gave us the Spice Girls, Pogs and Beanie Babies. But it also spawned some of the biggest games brands ever seen. MCV takes a trip back in time If you were to compare the roster of big games set for release over the next 12 months to a …

Microsoft will kick off Gamescom 2015 this afternoon, and you can watch the whole event right here. The exact contents of the show remain a secret, of course, but we do know that three Xbox One exclusives will feature – Remedy’s Quantum Break, the new Crackdown and Platinum’s Scalebound. It …

Breakout multiplayer hit Rocket League looks likely to make the move onto Xbox. The game has been a smash hit on PS4, where it was a free download for PlayStation Plus members, and has also topped the sales charts on Steam. It has to date been downloaded over 5m times. …

Nick Gibson reflects on how the UK games industry has changed over the past year

PC owners will no longer have to wait longer than their console owning friends to get their hands on Metal Gear Solid V. Konami has announced that the PC version of the game will now be released on September 1st, just like on consoles. It had originally been scheduled for …

Mindfield Games discusses working with Unity and virtual reality for its debut title, Pollen