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A dedicated controller designed to suit the needs of virtual reality titles could well be in development at Oculus Rift. Having claimed that traditional joypads [aren’t] necessarily the right input for what you said, rich interactions in virtual reality” Oculus founder Palmer Luckey was asked by Polygon when Oculus would …

Slender: The Arrival will finally arrive on consoles later this month, developer Blue Isle Studios has revealed. The game will be released on PS3 on September 23rd and then on Xbox 360 on September 24th. The Arrival, which was announced for consoles in January, is a commercial spin-off of the …

Team17’s Debbie Bestwick offers expert tips on how to fund your indie projects

Prototype was shelved for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

SuperMoon Games gears up for first launch as founders "leave corporate gigs behind"

There won’t be any pre-release reviews of Destiny because the game is impossible to assess without the involvement of the buying public. That’s what Bungie is arguing in a blog post that has warned gamers to be wary of any Destiny reviews that appear upon the game’s release tomorrow. Reviewers …

One of the most powerful figures in sports broadcasting has questioned the rising legitimacy of eSports. Re/code reports that ESPN president John Skipper has said that eSports is not a sport”, adding: It’s a competition. Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I’m interested in doing real sports.” …

Vechey is final co-founder to leave casual games firm

The Doom designer on why good game design will be more important to his success than next-gen technology

The latest iteration of EA’s The Sims series is No.1 in the GfK Chart-Track All Formats charts this week. This is a pretty remarkable feat given that the game is only available on PC – and these charts don’t take into account digital sales, either. So it’s fair to say …