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Sony has finally nailed down a release date for its new version of SingStar that’s coming to both PS4 and PS3. It will be available in two forms. The first, which is free and is simply called SingStar, is effectively a client through which owners can download premium tracks. SingStar …

Coffee Stain Studios’ bizarre PC outing Goat Simulator is now available on smartphones. It costs 2.99 on both iOS and Android. Simulator is a drug that is created by the 0’s and 1’s inside computers, and then radiated from a computer screen right into YOUR EYES, forcing your brain to …

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"