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Oculus VR has announced the computer specifications recommended to run the Oculus Rift headset. The company has confirmed that the following specs will hold for the lifetime of the headset: NVIDIA GTX 970 / AMD 290 equivalent or greater Intel i5-4590 equivalent or greater 8GB+ RAM The Rift will also …

Grand Theft Auto V and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt headline Steam’s latest top ten selling products chart. GTA V finished on top for yet another week, but The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s apparent success is nothing to scoff at. The standard edition finished up in the runner-up spot, while …

NCsoft’s sci-fi MMO Wildstar could be in the cusp of abandoning subscription charges. A new listing for the game on SteamDB suggests that the game will be free-on-demand” whenever it eventually appears on Valve’s service. That’s the name used by all free-to-play games on Steam. The data is mined from …

Blizzard has finally taken action against one of the most widespread World of Warcraft bots. HonorBuddy allows users to automate a range of in-game tasks and tinker with some of the MMO’s fundamental mechanics, more often than not for unfair advantage. Many have been lamenting Blizzard’s inaction over the situation. …

Blizzard are planning a six-month coming out party for Heroes of the Storm with a series of qualifier tournaments for a final showdown at BlizzCon. As the company’s MOBA enters final stages of a closed beta, ready to be released on June 2, the makers of accessible break-out success World …

Retro gaming appears to be back on the table at GAME. Gamestation, which was acquired by GAME back in 2007, used to be the High Street’s biggest retro games provider but its retro offerings – much like GAME’s – faded away over time. However, a new promotion on GAME’s website …

UK developer Space Ape games has revealed that its recently released iOS title Rival Kingdoms was downloaded over 1m times in its first week of release. The numbers were in no small part aided by some very decent YouTuber backing for the game, which itself has generated some 120,000 views. …

There's still time to get involved in MCV Games 5s on Thursday, May 21st

If you haven’t already signed up for this year’s Games 5s five-a-side tournament, don’t worry – you haven’t missed your chance. Teams from around the industry will be coming together at the Barnet Power League football grounds to compete over the much sought-after winner’s cup. Last year’s winners Testologyhave already …

The co-founder of mobile indie studio Rodeo Games Ben Murch shares five ways in which you can help make your company a success. I hate flying. More specifically, the take-off part. I wish I was one of those people who could rationalise aircraft failures into the tiny percentage of them …