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A 500GB white Xbox One with Sunset Overdrive can now be had 279.99 directly from Microsoft. As spotted by Videogamer, the bundle is advertised as being available while stocks last” and represents a 50 saving over the bundle’s normal RRP. Microsoft is still selling the vanilla Xbox One for 329.99, …

Former Wii U exclusive due on five more platforms this April

New digital audio workstation will integrate with Wwise to attract games devs

Curve Digital’s Stealth Inc 2 is getting released on PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Vita, PS3 and PC this April. The game was originally announced as a Wii U exclusive back in May 2014, and arrived on Nintendo’s console last autumn. The best thing about making a sequel is the opportunity …

Mobile giant assessing the potential of UK tool for tuning CPUs and GPUs

Some play games to escape from the daily grind, but this doesn’t appear to be the market being targeted by the first game confirmed for SteamVR. Owlchemy Labs has confirmed that it is working on a game called Job Simulator. The title is set in 2050 at a time when …

FMOD.io will launch with a collection of sound effects and music designed specifically for games

Series A round led by Benchmark, whose general partner Mitch Lasky is joining the PlayFab board

Smartphone powerhouse HTC has been named as the manufacturer of Valve’s virtual reality headset. The device is called the Vive. A developer version is due out this spring and the consumer version in ‘holiday 2015′, meaning that potentially it could beat big-name rivals such as the Oculus Rift and Sony’s …

Warner Bros’ new open world parker zombie title Dying Light has debuted in first place in the GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. This is the first No.1 that the publisher has had since last February’s The LEGO Movie Videogame. Dying Light was meant to come out last month, but …