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The often unpopular light bar on the DualShock 4 controller was included at the request of the team working on the VR Project Morpheus headset. While PS4’s recent 1.7 update allowed users for the first time to dim the controller’s in-built light, Sony has doggedly refused requests from users to …

The first game from indie studio Lucid Labs, ROTO, is out now for Android. ROTO is a simple yet challenging puzzle-platform with a minimalist art style, comprising mostly of white and greys, and one-touch gameplay. Gameplay involves navigating a small ball from one point of the level to another by …

Mojang hopes to repeat last year’s feat and have Minecraft sit atop of the UK retail charts all summer. A physical version of the construction game is being released for PlayStation 3 on May 14th, with versions on PS4 and Vita set to arrive by September. The game has already …

Konami has reported a 37 per cent decrease in video game sales for the year ending March 31st. That represents 10.8m unit sales, resulting in net revenue of Y218bn, operating income of Y10.3bn and net profit of Y6.2bn – nearly half the Y13.2bn profit that was reported the year before. …

UK dev releasing 2D brawler Overruled! with the help of the Worms publisher

Xbox One exclusive Dead Rising 3 has sold 1.2m units, helping Capcom to a welcome boost in profits. Microsoft has shipped 5m Xbox Ones, and while actual sales remain shrouded in mystery that still represents at attach rate of anything between 1-in-3 and 1-in-5, which is potentially very impressive. Monster …

3DS sales leapt up last week in Japan on the back of Mario Golf: World Tour. In total 42,500 3DS consoles were sold for the week ending May 4th, well ahead of PS Vita and Vita TV, which has combined sales of 25,500. All data courtesy of Famitsu. It’s another …

Develop analyses the key data and asks the business model’s biggest advocates about the future of free on desktops

A now-removed update to Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online FAQ has claimed that the console version of the MMO has suffered a big delay. The PS4 and Xbox One version of the game had been scheduled to arrive in June. As captured by Reddit, the FAQ post last night read: …

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has vowed to prevent Nintendo suffering another year of losses. Having reported its first ever loss in 2010, the company yesterday reported its third successive annual loss on the back of weak Wii U sales and lower than expected 3DS sales. Two and three fiscal years …