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The European Commission has announced plans that, if passed, will turn the digital video games market on its head. Currently sellers such as Valve (Steam), Sony (PlayStation Network) and Microsoft (Xbox Live) funnel customers through regional portals according to their location. This is done partially for rights reasons but primarily …

Halo 5: Guardians will be hitting Xbox One this October. The latest entry in Microsoft’s blockbuster sci-fi series will be launching worldwide on October 27th. This was revealed in two trailers released by Microsoft. One depicts series hero Master Chief standing above an injured Locke – Halo Nightfall’s main character …

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is out this week on PC, but how much it will cost you will very much depend. In the US the new DirectX 11 version of the game, which includes a re-worked version of the title and all of its DLC, will …

Another member of the video games industry has decided to abandon Twitter after growing tired of the abuse being directed toward him and his family. So to be clear. The reason I don’t want to do this twitter anymore is not fans asking for characters or hints or whatever. I …

PlayStation Music, a co-venture between Sony and Spotify, will arrive on PS4 and PS3 today. The collaboration was announced earlier this year. Users won’t need a PlayStation Plus subscription or even a Spotify account to access the service. While it will be free to use, however, paying for premium membership …

A new technology that lets players feel and interact with shapes and textures made from thin air is ready to help game designers make their worlds more tangible

We break down the first of our three main categories for this year's awards

It has emerged that most of the moderation team of the League of Legends subreddit have signed up to a non-disclosure agreement with developer Riot Games. The Daily Dot reports that while Reddit has told mods that signing the NDA is not mandatory, doing so will grant them direct access …

Potential speakers and panelists have until 11.59pm Eastern European Time to submit

But hardware will only be given to selected studios, sign-up site launching this week