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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 …

Those who have purchased to 100 Elite: Dangerous Premium Beta can get stuck in from today. Frontier has released a single player combat build of the game ahead of the roll out of the full Premium beta on May 30th. Those who have previously purchased any of the other assorted …

Feedback will shape the discussion of an upcoming roundtable with mo-cap experts

Harbottle & Lewis offer a detailed FAQ on the Games Development Tax Relief for UK games developers What is the real value of the relief?The real value of the relief for a game wholly developed in the European Economic Area (EEA) is 20% of qualifying spend, and not 25% as …