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Preloaded's Katie Goode looks at the plethora of ways the VR revolution can impact our lives

Funcom has secured 960,000 in additional funds for the development and release of its upcoming MMO LEGO Minifigures Online. The extra money is part of a deal in 2012 with US firm Yorkville Advisors, which offered the company access to additional funds if needed within 36 months. Following the agreement, …

Thomas Was Alone, the indie platforming game from Mike Bithell, has surpassed one million copies. Released in July 2012 for the PC and Mac, Thomas Was Alone tells the tale of sentient life emerging inside a computer system represented by polygons and narrated by comedian Danny Wallace. These shapes then …

Nintendo boss Satoru Iwata has stressed that Nintendo should no longer be thought of as just a video games company. Reiterating the message sent out to investors in January, the under-fire exec has told Diamond, as reported by CVG, that Nintendo’s expansion into non-gaming markets and its new ‘Quality of …

Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes has hit a big milestone. Konami has announced that it has shipped 1m copies of the game across PS4, Xbox One, PS3 and Xbox 360. That’s not sold, but it means 1m copies are out there and available at retailers. That also doesn’t count …

'Consoles are now the luxury item and PCs are the necessity'

Developer preparing to launch new title

EA has said that microtransactions will be added to console title Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare this week. Until now the title’s in-game currency has only been earnable by completing in-game tasks but, as is the way with many EA titles, an upcoming update will soon offer the chance for …

Last chance to attend this Wednesday's event exploring virtual reality and PlayStation's VR plans

EA’s blockbuster Titanfall held onto the top spot with little effort as not a single new release entered this week’s chart. Titanfall takes its third consecutive UKIE gFk Chart-Track All Formats No.1 and fourth chart-topping performance since its launch back in March on Xbox One and PC. Elsewhere in the …