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It may have missed The Budget, but tax breaks for UK games developers will go ahead, MCV can reveal. High-level industry sources have told MCV that the European Commission has told UK Government officials that subsidies for production are approved, after a long-running investigation into whether they were really needed. …

Those looking to download Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes on PS4 have received a nice surprise this morning. Having previously been announced at 29.99 digitally for both PS4 and Xbox One, the game can currently be had on PSN for just 24.99. Videogamer says the Xbox One version is …

Yu Suzuki 'researching possibility' of developing new game in series

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Microsoft’s Phil Harrison has insisted that it’s far too early to draw conclusions about how the next-gen battle will pan out. We’re 120 days into our platform lifecycle. You know better than anyone that this is a marathon, not a sprint. We’re happy with our plan,” the European corporate VP …

GDC 2014: Beta to start in three to four weeks

Peter Molyneux says Nintendo is one hardware release away from leading the way in games again. "The problem with Nintendo is they did a fantastic job of finding these millions of new players with the Wii, and the Wii U kind of does that but also tries to bring in …

Microsoft has revealed the latest version of its DirectX API at GDC. The new version has been designed work across across multiple platforms including PC, Xbox One, tablets and smartphones. It was claimed he API reduces CPU overhead significantly compared to DirectX 11 and was designed from scratch to take …

The Shenmue III dream is still alive. When asked by Eurogamer whether he’d consider taking to crowdfunding site Kickstarter to finance a third entry in the Shenmue series, series creator Yu Suzuki answered: "Yes. I am researching it." Of course, it would have to be a phenomenally successful Kickstarter to …

Rival headset will drive interest in virtual reality, claims co-founder Nate Mitchell