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Its electronics and mobile divisions may be struggling, but it looks as if things are better than expected at Sony’s PlayStation division. Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House has told Reuters that the company’s gaming arm continues to exceed expectations, saying: "We raised our profit prediction and I hope that’s …

Around half of firms specialise in iOS

Oculus yet to integrate payment infrastructure into marketplace

Holly Walsh is to host this year’s Games Media Awards, which take place on October 15th in central London. Walsh is an established stand-up comic and writer for TV and radio. As well as penning sitcoms and her own shows has appeared on the likes of 8 Out of 10 …

Sector employs 964 staff at 94 studios

Oculus is planning to launch its virtual reality games portal without the means to pay for software. The result? Early titles for Samsung’s upcoming Gear VR headset will have to be given away for free because Gear VR titles won’t be available on Google Play or the Amazon App Store …

Initiative aims to deliver 1,300 qualifications, including 150 apprenticeships and more than 1,000 training courses

The UK video games, visual effects and animation industry has joined forces for a new training program backed by a multi-million pound investment. It’s called the Next Gen Skills Academy and has been backed by 6.5m of investment via the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to develop the …

Apple has pulled its latest iOS 8.0.1 update after the software broke two key iPhone features. The iterative software update borked Touch ID across many handsets that support it – the iPhone 5S and both iPhone 6s. More worrying it also left some iPhone 6 users unable to connect to …

The UK games industry consists of 1,902 companies that have an economic value of 1.72bn. That’s according to data from NESTA and UKIE and double the previous estimates of 2011 and 2012. The reason for the change in value has been driven by an alteration in how the industry is …