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Valve has delayed the launch of its Steam Machines and controller until 2015. We’re now using wireless prototype controllers to conduct live playtests, with everyone from industry professionals to die-hard gamers to casual gamers,”read a statement. It’s generating a ton of useful feedback, and it means we’ll be able to …

EA has added for option for users to pay for in-game Battlepack enhancements with real cash. Battlepacks, which will continue to also be available via gameplay, offer a range of assorted perks such as XP boosts, weapons, profile pictures, paints and accessories. Now however users will be able to choose …

Work on haptic controller pushes back launch date

Is Nintendo going to finally give us a ‘proper’ reveal of the new Legend of Zelda game on Wii U at E3 next month? It’s impossible to say, but tweets from Zelda Williams – daughter of Robin Williams, who named her after Nintendo’s popular IP – point to something Zelda …

Mike Bithell, Dlala’s Aj Grand-Scrutton, Spilt Milk’s Andrew Smith, The Tiniest Shark’s Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris and Positech’s Cliff Harris will also host their own sessions

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks at the wide-ranging use-cases for Android-powered drones

Limitations HAVE been imposed on book publisher Hachette on Amazon, the retailer has admitted. It was reported yesterday that Amazon had removed pre-order buttons, increased prices and extended delivery times on the publisher’s products in an attempt to exert pressure in a contract dispute. We are currently buying less (print) …

EA has officially announced the next game in its Battlefield series. As rumoured yesterday, it’s called Battlefield Hardline. It’s out this autumn and is set against the backdrop of a genre we all love – the war on crime and the battle between cops and criminals”. It’s a change of …

The UK studio MD gets the rapid-fire question treatment

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has dismissed any suggestion that he wants to sell off the Xbox business. "I have no intent to do anything different with Xbox than we are doing today," he told interviewers at the Code Conference in California, as reported by The Verge, adding that his stance …