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Virtual reality will have good appeal to core gamers but may struggle to break the mass-market, according to Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick. "I think for a core gamer, it could be a wonderful experience; someone who really likes to be immersed," he told Bloomberg, as reported by GameSpot. "But a …

Ubisoft’s Watch Dogs has become the best-selling new IP ever in the UK. UKIE Gfk Chart-Track says that the game beat the previous week one sales record for a new IP held by Rockstar’s 2011 crime hit LA Noire by an amazing 58 per cent. It also becomes the 17th …

Square Enix has announced Kingdom Hearts 2.5 Remix will launch for PlayStation 3 this year in both Europe and North America. The compilation – unveiled on both US and Europe PlayStation Blogs – packs the Final Mix editions of Kingdom Hearts 2 and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep, featuring new …

Both The Wolf Among Us and the first two seasons of The Walking Dead will arrive on the latest generation of consoles, developer Telltale Games has announced. A post on the studio’s blog confirms The Walking Dead: Season One GOTY Edition, The Walking Dead: Season Two and The Wolf Among …

Watch Dogs has grabbed the top spot on Steam’s top ten weekly sellers chart, with a pair of new Early Access titles also making significant marks on this week’s list. Alpha versions of both The Forest and The Stomping Land (pictured) are apparently selling like hotcakes, as the titles debuted …

Smartphones to be used as display for device

Developer to focus on making games for mobile

Frontier’s Elite: Dangerous has exited alpha and officially entered premium beta. Presumably the premium beta phase is thus named because entry to it requires a 100 purchase. Normal beta access (to kick off at an as-of-yet unspecified time) costs 50 while a standard game pre-order costs 35 – although there’s …

Developers should worry less about the level of competition on Steam and simply spend the time making a great product, says PC games veteran Garry Newman. The latest stats on Steam show that more games have launched on the digital platform in the first five months of this year than …

BBC Radio has strengthened its focus on video games by promoting its Game On segment to the masses. Hosted by Adam Rosser, the GMA-nominated show was previously broadcast during the graveyard shift on 5Live at 2:30am and only available via iPlayer for seven days. But now the station is airing …