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Having been delayed once, Warner Bros’ zombie title Dying Light has now had its release date moved forwards. The game was previously due out in 2014 before being bumped back to February 2015. Now developer Techland says the game will be ready by January 30th in Europe. There’s also a …

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The boss of EA mobile has stated that the tech offered by iPhone 6 is ‘on par’ with that seen in PS4 and Xbox One. "It was a good Christmas morning," he told Games Industry of Apple’s reveal event on Tuesday night. "We got a lot of the gifts we …

Initiative could be part-financed by National Lottery funding

Games media giant IGN will reveal its latest data at Games Retail 2020. And it will show the most anticipated games amongst its audience and how they intend to buy them. The talk from Adam Hopkinson and Chris Shepperson is part of MCV’s first retail games conference next week, Games …

A Marvel-themed new version of LittleBigPlanet for the PlayStation Vita will be released in November. Called simply LittleBigPlanet PlayStation Vita Marvel Super Hero Edition, the SKU includes the original game and some additional Marvel super hero content. The PlayStation Blog cites three mini-games and some extra dress-up options. The Marvel …

Honour recognises contribution to industry

Pioneering firm is one step closer to putting virtual reality in people's home

Minecraft creator will be quids in thanks to 70 per cent stake in studio

New IP does not necessarily mean new ideas, argues MCV editor Christopher Dring Shigeru Miyamoto told Edge magazine this month that Splatoon – the co-op ink shooter which was my personal game of the show at E3 – was almost a Mario game. Instead the firm opted against using the …