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Entertainment, media and technology market research firm Interpret has revealed that over 72 million children are interested in owning toys-to-life products. Based off its syndicated GameByte study, Interpret has found that what it calls ‘smart toys’ – as in, ones that integrate physical toys and video games – have a …

It’s apparently quite hard to get hold of a PlayStation Vita in the US at the moment. Polygon reports that the launch of the Vita Slim in the territory in May as part of a Borderland 2 bundle has led to a shortage, with Sony struggling to match demand. "We’re …

Actress Lindsay Lohan is taking Rockstar to court. The Associated Press reports that the Herbie: Fully Loaded, Mean Girls and Ugly Betty Star is alleging that Grand Theft Auto V character Lacey Jonas was unofficially based on her. Lohan reckons the character is an "unequivocal" reference to her, depicting her …

£16m fund for skills and training announced, Ian Livingstone named ambassador for all creative industries

MCVhas launcheda brand new event for video games retailers – Games Retail 2020. The day-long conference and expo will take place on September 16that BAFTA, 195 Picccadilly in London and itinvites retailers, distributors and publishers to discuss the future of selling video games. The event will feature some of the …

An upcoming Hearthstone tournament being run by the IeSF will no longer omit female players, although two other competitions remain female only. There was tremendous uproar on both sides of the divide yesterday when it was revealed that women would not be allowed to participate in an IeSF World Championship …

Bandai Namco is to distribute racing title Project Cars worldwide. The crowd-funded game, which will hit Xbox One, PS4, Wii U and PC in November, is being developed by Need For Speed and Test Drive creators Slightly Mad Studios. Project Cars has been partially designed in collaboration with the game’s …

Season two episode four of Telltale’s The Walking Dead will arrive sometime later this month, according to developer Telltale. Taking to Twitter, the studio’s director of PR Job J. Stauffer stated that fans should expect news in the coming weeks regarding Walking Dead Season two’s thus far unnamed penultimate episode. …

Civilization Revolution 2 – the first game in the Civ series developed exclusively for mobile devices – is out now on iOS. Priced at $15 (10.49) on the App Store, the game is a sequel to 2008 PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 release Civilization Revolution – which was later remade …

The latest Oculus Rift development kit will start to ship to pre-order customers this month, Oculus VR has announced. In a post on the product’s official forums, Oculus VR’s Andres Hernandez confirmed that the first wave of Oculus Rift DK2 units are expected to arrive on July 14th. The company …