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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

A remake of Final Fantasy VII for PlayStation 4 is once again apparently in the works. That’s according to Siliconera, who claims to have a learnt that a remake is in development to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1997 title. Of course, this means the game – if real …

Publisher acquires InfinitEye to build hardware