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Deal for VR firm includes $400m in cash and 23.1m shares worth $1.6bn

Rovio’s extensive toy line that will accompany the upcoming Angry Birds Transformers has been priced and pictured for the first time. The game itself sees Optimus Prime, Galvatron and co battling for control of the Egg Spark. As was seen with karting title Angry Birds Go, players will be able …

Chinese esports team Newbee have won this year’s Dota 2 International. In doing so the five-man team earned a whopping prize fund of over $5m (2.9m). For comparison, that compares to a winner’s payout of 1.76m/$3m for the 2014 Wimbledon tennis champion, 937k/$1.66m for the British Open golf winner, 560k/$957k …

Ubisoft has announced Tetris Ultimate is coming to Nintendo hardware after all, just not its Wii U console. The publisherinitially revealedthe updated classic for PC, PS4 and Xbox One (and later for PS Vita), but notably left out Nintendo platforms. That omission didn’t sit well to many Nintendo fans, which …

Upcoming FPS Modern Combat 5 has been cracked and uploaded onto multiple torrent websites ahead of its release. The leak is due to a recently run contest by Gameloft that gave select players access to an early build.Polygon reports the developer/publisher has released a statement on the matter: "Following the …

The Ratchet & Clank Collection will arrive tomorrow for US Vita owners, Sony has announced. The compilation packs the franchise’s PS2 trilogy – including Ratchet & Clank, Going Commando, and Up Your Arsenal. Ratchet & Clank Collection launched worldwide on PS3 in 2012, while the Vita release launched in Europe …

The next in our installment of developer profiles from Aussie and Kiwi studios is the Brisbane-based KIXEYE Australia.

Ustwo’s optical illusion puzzlerMonument Valley has passed the one million downloads mark. The game was originally released for iPad last year, but later came to iPhone and Android platforms. A third of all Android downloads for the game are via the Amazon app store, according toTechCrunch. Players guide a silent …

The inclusion of an optional toggle between 30 and 60 frames per second in PS4 title The Last of Us: Remastered doesn’t mean that 60fps support is flaky. That’s according to community strategist Arne Meyer who speaking to Videogamer has dismissed concerns about the title’s ability to sustain a solid …