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The former boss of Sega’s Western arm Mike Hayes has joined the board of virtual reality and virtual world firm nDreams. Hayes left Sega in the summer of 2012 after an eight-year stint. His move to nDreams comes following recent investment from Mercia Fund Management to aid its development of …

Danish studio Press Play reflects on Max, the first Unity-powered game on Xbox One

The ability to upload gameplay clips to YouTube will be patched into the console today, Microsoft has confirmed. It comes as part of an update to the YouTube app. Users will need to adjust their system settings as detailed on the Xbox Wire to get everything up and running. The …

Bungie co-founder Alex Seropian’s startup Industrial Toys has received a sizable investment from Accel Partners to develop his new mobile title, Midnight Star. Games Beat reports on the the funding deal, a $5m investment to help complete Seropian’s upcoming tablet shooter. The industry veteran served as president and CEO of …

Carbon Games’ free-to-play RTS AirMech is heading to Xbox 360, courtesty of Ubisoft. The publisher announced a console version of the popular indie strategy title will arrive this summer – though it’s also worth noting the game is currently available on PC via Steam as a free-to-play Early Access title. …

Not a week after Amazon unveiled its Fire TV set-top box, it looks as though Google is set to launch its own device. The Verge reports on Google’s latest swing at the living room with Android TV, yet another hardware offering similar to Apple and Amazon’s TV-connected devices – along …

VR developer nDreams and mobile app studio No Yetis Allowed secure funding from investment firm. Led by former Sega CEO Mike Hayes and ex-Codemasters MD Nick Wheelwright, Merica Fund has completed its initial investments of 400,000 in the gaming sector. Formed by former Eidos creative director Patrick O’Luanaigh in 2006, …

A ‘pre-sequel’ Borderlands game is in development. This is according to retailer GamePointsNow, which claims to have received exclusive information about Gearbox’s series. In February, the studio’s CEO and president Randy Pitchford said that Borderlands 3 was not in the works, which obviously does not rule out this rumour. The …

We’ve heard this story before. There have been countless MMO games hyped to be the next great contender to the World of Warcraft throne. Most have faded into obscurity. Some cease to exist. Very few, if any, have lived up to expectations. But for over eight years, Jeremy Gaffney and …

Studio employing new staff and ramping up development