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Sales of Sony’s Vita handheld shot up in Japan last week as Atlus’ Persona 4: Dancing All Night hit stores. That’s according to data provided by Famitsu which says that hardware sales rose 107 per cent week-on-week, from 11,153 units to 23,119. And the Persona 4 dancing simulator spin-off debuted …

YouTube has rolled out its 60 frames per second video support to its iOS and Android apps. The video giant debuted 60fps video last summer with a short of Battlefield: Hardline. It was then rolled out across its website in October. This new change for smartphone and tablet apps is …

Industry backs VR for long-term success, but majority aren't making games for tech

University of the West of England team take home Unity Licences, while NHTV student secures Guerrilla Games contract

MAG Interactive has acquired Brighton studio Delinquent. The Swedish company had previously invested in the start-up in January to help fund development of its first mobile title, Potion Pop. Delinquent was formed by former PopCap senior game designer David Bishop, Relentless co-founder David Amor and investor Chris Lee. It houses …

UK developer's debut mobile game Potion Pop

Over four times as many games have been banned in Australia in the last four months as were banned in the entirety of the period between 1994-2014. ABC reports that around 220 games have been banned since March, the majority of which are mobile titles. By contrast only 50 titles …

It seems that Shenmue 3 was just the tip of the iceberg for Sony when it comes to crowdfunding. The technology giant has introduced its very own Kickstarter-a-like platform, First Flight, designed to bring innovative and unique technology concepts to fruition. However, unlike services like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, only Sony …

It probably wasn’t the explosive launch for HoloLens that Microsoft was hoping for. While the augmented reality tech might be yet to make its way to land-bound consumers, NASA’s finest were set to try it out ahead of time thanks to a delivery of the headsets to the International Space …

Yesterday (June 30th) Amazon officially opened its Mexican website, and the first purchase was none other than an Ike Amiibo. That’s according to CNN Mexico’s Twitter account, who said (via the translation tool): ‘A curious fact, the first product that was sold [on] #AmazonMexico was an Amiibo of Ike for …