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Microsoft has acquired a collection of assets from wearable computing firm Osterhout Design Group for a suspected $150 million. The technology juggernaut was in talks to purchase ODG entirely in September last year, an unnamed source toldTechCrunch. However, the deal later switched to an IP acquisition. The transaction was completed …

Developer's first title Midnight Star heading into beta this summer

Discounts still available for next week's European games event

VR firm continues to pinch staff from Half-Life developer

Star Citizen will not be sold, the many backers of the space simulator have been assured. The pledge comes as Chris Roberts’ crowdfunded title passes the astronomical $41m funding mark. To answer [those] worrying about the possibility of Cloud Imperium being acquired by another, bigger company – don’t worry! We …

Founder Palmer Luckey lashes out at 'unwarranted' abuse following Facebook acquisition

Online miscreants have chosen to disrupt Battle.net services a week after the launch of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls. The actions have left players facing problems attempting to log in to Blizzard’s biggest titles. Diablo, World of Warcraft, StarCraft and Hearthstone players may be impacted by high latency and disconnections …

A report from Japan seems to be suggesting that there’s a small risk Nintendo president Saturo Iwata could be voted off the company’s board. A Siliconera translation of a Nikkei report says that Iwata’s internal approval rating has fallen from 92.86 per cent in 2001 to 77.26 per cent today, …

Metro Redux is real and in the works for the latest generation of consoles, publisher Deep Silver has confirmed. Rumour of the franchise’s jump to next-gen broke yesterday, when a pair of images mentioning the Metro Redux SKU for PS4, Xbox One and PC hit the web. Deep Silver has …

Free-to-play shooter Warface has reached 25m registered users, Crytek has announced. In a news post on Crytek’s site, the company revealed the figure – adding that the milestone was achieved in just two years within Russian, North American and European territories. It is a fantastic achievement for our franchise and …