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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 …

Ubisoft has launched a unique online experience to promote its upcoming Xbox One and PS4 title Assassin’s Creed Unity. Entitled Project Widow – referring to a nickname for the guillotine – the city night walk experience provides gamers with an online interactive guided tour around late 18th-century Paris – the …

The PlayStation 4 edition of Tropico 5 will miss its previously announced 2014 release window, publisher Kalypso has confirmed. Kalypso didn’t provide explanation for the PS4 delay, but did state that the Xbox 360 version is still due out in November of this year. In the same press release, the …

Titanfall’s final DLC pack will launch this Thursday on PC and Xbox One. The add-on will hit September 25th for the pair of platforms, and carry three new maps: Backwater, Zone 18 and Sand Trap. No word on what the individual price for the DLC will be, but Season Pass …

Wasteland 2 has generated $1.5m in sales just four days out from release, developer inXile Entertainment has announced. "We are ecstatic that the style of game we love so much has been embraced so well," company founder Brain Fargo said. The studio originally ran a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised …

Ubisoft has confirmed to MCV that, according to GfK data, Watch Dogs remains the fastest selling new IP in Europe… not Destiny. In the week that followed the arrival of Destiny, Activision proudly declared that the game had become the fastest selling new IP after one week in the UK …