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Sony will reveals its rumoured VR gaming headset at GDC next week and prototypes have already been sent out to developers, a new report claims. Edge cites an alleged third-party developer with a prototype of the device already in hand. The source claims Sony’s hardware is far superior” to the …

An unidentified Take-Two title suggested to be Mafia III will take place in Louisiana, according to a rumoured casting call by the publisher. Eurogamer reports on the document in question, which show a trio of character biographies that describe a title focused on underground crime and set in Louisiana. The …

Google has hired on former staff members and purchased assets from the now defunct Green Throttle Games development studio. The company confirmed the acquisition to PandoDaily, though declined to go into specifics on the deal. Green Throttle was founded by Guitar Hero vets Charles Huang, Matt Crowley, and Karl Townsend. …

The studio developing Watch Dogs didn’t want to reveal Watch Dogs way back at E3 2012. Speaking to Edge magazine, as reported by Videogamer, creative director Jonathan Morin said Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was the mean pushing for the early reveal. "They forced us to go at E3 2012," Morin …

Nvidia has announced a new set of game bundles for Geforce GTX desktop graphics cards and Geforce-powered laptops. Starting today, buyers of Geforce GTX Titan, 780 Ti, 780, 770, 760, 690, 680, 670, 660 Ti and 660 cards will receive a download code for survival-horror game Daylight, which releases on …

Tech will not require markers or make-up on actors

The EU Commission must talk to UK games firms before taking drastic action against the controversial free-to-play business model, says UKIE. The microtransation model has come under fire in recent months, facing accusations of misleading customers, particularly children, over the real cost of ‘free’ games. It sparked an investigation by …

New level of detail tool Decimator also going live for subscribers at GDC

UK developers have hailed Steam’s decision to let them hold their own sales. Creators can now introduce custom discounts to their games on the PC download platform, schedule future sales and even opt in for the Steam’s week-long sales. And developer Garry Newman of Facepunch Studios has played down concerns …

Print magazines can still attract the millions currently getting their gaming news from YouTube. That’s according to the team behind One Gamer Interactive, who hope to attract a digital-savvy audience with this new iPad publication. It’s no big secret that print magazines don’t have the strong mainstream presence that they …