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Tetris is coming to both PS4 and Xbox One some time this summer, thanks to new publisher Ubisoft. The company acquired the Tetris license back in January. The new game is called Tetris Ultimate. It offers solo or multiplayer play for up to four gamers. Confirmed game modes include Marathon, …

Valve’s former director of business is the latest industry veteran to join the virtual reality revolution at Oculus. Jason Holtman will be spearheading Oculus’ business development and developer relations for its Rift headset, much like he did at Valve with Steam. He’ll work with head of platform engineering Marshall Cline …

Players told to only purchase a game if they are 'excited about playing it in its current state'

Germany will win the 2014 World Cup, if EA’s licensed PS3 and Xbox 360 World Cup game is anything to go by. EA simulated the entire tournament in 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil, which saw the Germans topple hosts Brazil 2-1 in extra time in the final. Even more astonishingly, …

Hurry up if you want to take part in the June 24th MCV Games 5s event – there’s just a few spaces left. Book now, by contacting Jess.Farnan@intentmedia.co.uk or call her on 01992 535 646 to join teams including GAME, Koch Media, Bandai Namco, Sega, Creative Assembly, 2K and many …

Just a few chances left to sign your team up for the games industry five-a-side competition, sponsored by PlayStation

Four of the biggest games heading to PC may well perform better on Nvidia hardware than on AMD. Ubisoft and Nvidia have extended their strategic partnership” that sees the latter’s GameWorks Team work closely with Ubisoft’s developers to maximise the use of GeForce-focused graphics tech such as TXAA antialiasing, HBAO+ …

Bandai Namco has announced a trio of DLCs for Dark Souls II called The Lost Crowns Trilogy. The content will be released for all three platforms – PS3, Xbox 360 and PC – and offers entirely original areas” with new bosses and loot. Crown of the Sunken King will be …

The latest Xbox One development kits afford programmers in the region of ten per cent additional processing power. That’s because Microsoft’s decision to make Kinect an optional Xbox One peripheral has freed up processing time formerly required to be left aside for system operations associated wit the camera. The additional …

VR firm continues recruitment spree for industry's top talent with host of new hires