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Graphics card specialist AMD looks to be giving up on its PC gaming API Mantle. Mantle was announced in 2013 and was supposed to be an alternative to Microsoft’s DirectX, allowing developers the chance to use more of the power available in PC hardware and AMD GPUs than would otherwise …

The reboot of television show Heroes, Reborn, is going to be joined by both mobile and console titles. The mobile version – coming to iOS and Android – is entitled Heroes Reborn: Enigma. Meanwhile the console and PC title is called Heroes Reborn: Gemini. Both are being made by Chicago-based …

Final form of BBC Micro successor includes accelerometer, magnetometer and Bluetooth

Batman and LEGO have helped Warner Bros rise to the top of the publisher rankings once again, according to GfK Chart-Track. The firm published 27.6 per cent of thephysical games sold in June with Batman: Arkham Knight at No.1 and LEGO Jurassic Park at No.3. In second place is Bethesda, …

SuperData's Joost van Dreunen on how Oculus, Valve, Sony, Microsoft and Google are taking on the market

PC accessories specialist Logitech is dropping the latter half of its name in an effort to reflect today’s tech-filled times. From now on, the firm will be known simply as ‘Logi’, with an updated, cleaner logo to match a new focus on design aesthetic. Tech is everywhere,” VP of brand …

Computing giant writes off $7.6bn from Nokia deal

Almost 150,000 UK console gamers downloaded The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in May, the latest numbers from SuperData revealed. The UK download chart – which launched last month in Beta and MCV ran exclusively – shows just how successful games are in terms of both individual unit sales and total …

Warner Bros has released a new video detailing the tremendous fan service that Doctor Who fans will receive in LEGO Dimensions. All 13 incarnations of the Doctor (yes, 13 – our current Timelord Peter Capaldi may be the 12th Doctor, but we also have John hurt’s ‘War Doctor’ quietly nestled …

The number of third-party games platforms on PC has become somewhat of a running joke among gamers, as each big publisher attempts to battle Valve’s Steam with their own service. There’s EA’s Origin, Ubisoft’s Uplay, GOG.com’s Galaxy and Blizzard’s Battle.net, to name but a handful. While some games are available …