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The owner of London’s video game caf Loading Bar James Danceshares his thoughts on the new virtual reality headsets and whether they will have mainstream success… Recently I heard about Sony’s VR headset which stole the show at GDC courtesy of Develop’s ‘An Audience With…’ series. It answered some of …

Branch 'represents a fantastic opportunity to localise projects for every Spanish speaking country in Latin America'

Reward Card points and Gift Card credit can now be combined in the GAME Reward app. Users of the GAME Reward app will now be able to combine any credit they have gained by spending cash in store with any Gift Card credit into a single GAME Wallet account. Furthermore, …

Kantar Worldpanel consumer insight analyst Jules Williams examines the opportunities and challenges involved in this lucrative market… Some gamers love them; some hate them. Either way, pre-owned games are an important part of the market. They make up 10 per cent of the UK games market and had a strong …

Further details emerge on developer's financial woes as Crytek UK staff reportedly go unpaid

The market has yet to decide the ultimate fate of Wii U, Japanese developer Tomonobu Itagaki has said. The Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator’s next title, The Devil’s Third, will be a Wii U exclusive – which in itself is notable, as is the fact that an ultra-violent …

Oculus VR has swooped up Carbon Design Group in its latest talent grab, purchasing the Xbox 360 controller creators for an unknown amount and under undisclosed terms. Oculus announced in a post on the company’s official blog that the deal is expected to close this summer, adding that the VR …

Metro Redux will launch in late August in both North America and Europe, publisher Deep Silver has announced. The remastered edition of the first two games in 4A’s budding Metro franchise releases on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One August 26thin North America and August 29th in Europe. Metro Redux …

Anonymous sources close to Crytek have confirmed a sequel to Ryse: Son of Rome has been canceled. Kotaku has statements (under anonymity) from ten current and former staff members that affirm reports that Crytek is suffering through financial woes – confirming that the firm’s most recent payroll was missed and …