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Microsoft is to release a wired version of its Xbox One controller for use with PCs. It’s called the Xbox One Controller + Cable for Windows and is due out in November. It has an SRP of $59.95 in the US. A UK price has yet to be announced. It …

The Italian studio tells us how they won over an investor after Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns fell short of their targets

Garry’s Mod and Rust developer Garry Newman has defended Markus ‘Notch’ Persson from the criticism he has faced following his sale of Mojang to Microsoft. Specifically, Newman thinks that an employer’s obligations to staff outrank any other concern and would much rather see a studio’s workers receive a bumper pay …

Sega Hardlight’s Lee Winder and Tom Gaulton discuss the challenges facing a new generation of programmers

Texas-based studio now able to make sequels to Nintendo DS horror FPS series

The PlayStation business may be buoyant, but significant struggles in the mobile sector are causing havoc with Sony’s financials. For the full year ending March 2015 Sony now expects full year losses to reach 230bn (1.3bn). That’s nearly five times greater than its previous estimate of 50bn (286m). It’s the …

‘I am convinced competitive gaming will emerge on mobile,’ says CEO

Rust creator says Microsoft wouldn't "pay a shitload of money for it and then completely fuck it up"

Studio could lose out on further bonuses dependent on sales

Women now account for a bigger share of the UK games market than males. That’s according to the Internet Advertising Bureau UK (IAB) whose recent survey discovered that females account for 52 per cent of those who’ve played some form of video games in the last six months. That number …