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Activision has said that Bungie’s shooter Destiny has attracted 9.5m registered users since its September 9th release. The publisher says that makes it the largest new IP launch in history and ranks among the ten largest video game launches ever in the US. However, when pressed by analyst Andrew Crum …

The upcoming PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC editions of Grand Theft Auto V will offer a first-person mode, IGN has the scoop – complete with a new trailer showing off shooting, driving and flying in the game’s FPS mode. It’s a very intense, in-your-face experience… literally,” GTA V …

New Red Faction IP owner Nordic Games has announced the removal of Games for Windows Live from Red Faction: Guerrilla on PC. A post by executive producer Reinhard Pollice on the game’s Steam Community boards reveals a public beta is now running to test for stability errors and bugs – …

Game analytics company DeltaDNA has secured $3m in series A funding, the Scotland-based outfit has announced. The latest round of fundraising brings the total investment in the firm to $5m, which will fuel its initiative to expand business across North America and Europe. The game industry has come a long …

The consumer release of the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is a matter of months away, says the firm’s CEO. Speaking at the Web Summit 2014, as reported byThe Next Web, Brendan Iribe said a consumer version was close, though did not set a specific release date. We’re all hungry …

'We’re getting very close,' says Brendan Iribe

Misogyny is not common within Call of Duty’s online community, Sledgehammer’s co-founder and head of development Michael Condrey has said. "Like a lot of areas of society there are examples of people behaving poorly," he told the BBC. "I certainly wouldn’t characterise the community of fans I know and had …

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Assassin’s Creed: Unity, Far Cry 4 and The Crew – those buying a new Nvidia graphics card this Q4 can take their pick. The hardware specialist is offering a free download of one of these games to anyone who picks up either a GeForce GTX 980, 970, 780 Ti, or …

Publishers of games that have an online component may be forced to hand them over to gamers if they cease to support them. Gamasutra reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed legal paper seeking six exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, one of which seeks exemptions for games …