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Square Enix Montreal’s mobile effort Hitman GO will launch globally April 17th on iOS devices, the studio has announced. The upcoming turn-based strategy take on the Hitman franchise, revealed back in February, will be priced at $4.99. Square Enix also confirmed plans to launch Hitman GO on Android shortly after …

More than 70 per cent of Grand Theft Auto V players with online connectivity have played GTA Online, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick has revealed. In a recent interview with Fox Business, Zelnick confirmed the high retention rate for the game six months out from its initial launch on PS3 and …

Bastion developer Supergiant has announced its upcoming effort Transistor will launch of PlayStation 4 and Windows PC platforms on May 20th. The studio announced the news on Transistor’s blog, adding that the title will be sold via PSN and Steam for $19.99. The PC version will also be offered direct …

A look beyond the Rift to virtual reality's less famed hardware

World of Tanks creator says it will only target virtual reality when audience is big enough

New platforms such as Oculus Rift, Xbox One or PS4 will need to hit unit sales of between five and ten million units before Wargaming will target them. "If it’s big, if it’s global, we’re going to be there," he said in the video interview below,” Wargaming chief executive Victor …

BioWare has said that any future character DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition would need to be on-disc – so it’s not going to release any. "Because of how deeply enmeshed in the system companion characters are, we can’t just add them on the fly – part of them has to …

The studio's lead designer discusses how it realised entire locales in the virtual world

Indie developer Daniel Nyberg looks at how students can start learning to develop for VR now

Having gained a devoted following in Japan, Nintendo’s new Animal Crossing” is going to be debuted on 3DS in Western markets. It’s quite hard to explain Tomodachi Life. In fact, you might be better off simply watching Nintendo’s totally leftfield debut video below. Described by some as The Sims meets …