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It would undoubtedly be the moment of E3 2015, but can we even dare to dream of a possible Shenmue 3 announcement this week? Oh, why not? Let’s just indulge ourselves shall we? Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki has posted something on Twitter that if not alluding to a Shenmue 3 …

Bethesda's Todd Howard calls sequel 'the most ambitious and detailed game world that we have ever made’

Original game also being remastered for Xbox One and PS4

Steam hosted more than ten million concurrent users for the first time in its history yesterday. Valve’s digital store smashed its previous record of 9.5m set just last month. The rush of new users has been spurred on by the latest summer sale on the marketplace that has seen deep …

Bethesda.net to serve as portal for all of Fallout publisher’s titles

Oculus Rift, Project Morpheus, Steam Vive – VR is a crowded market, but yet another new headset contender was revealed last night. Payday developer Starbreeze has announced Project StarVR which it describes as the IMAX of VR gaming” due to its increased field of view – 210 degrees of horizontal …

The sequel to Bethesda’s 2012 stealth-action title Dishonored will feature the choice of two sneaky protagonists. Set 15 years after the first game, Dishonored 2 marks the return of hero Corvo Attano. However, he will be joined by Emily Kaldwin, whom fans will remember as the child heir to the …

Valve beats previous record by 500,000 players

Publisher also working on Hearthstone-style Elder Scrolls title for iOS and Android