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It isn’t always possible to interpret interview answers with 100 per cent accuracy, but comments from Sony suggest that the Vita was nearly scrapped. Oh yes, I mean, if that wasn’t the case I think we would have good reason to lose confidence in the device and shelve it,” UK …

ZeptoLab accrues 60 million monthly active users across its portfolio of games

Phil Harrison has said that a digital-only future for the games industry is an inevitability. The general trend of the world is to be more digital and less physical,” Microsoft’s EMEA corporate VP Phil Harrison told Eurogamer. That is in our opinion an unstoppable force. Depending on where you live …

GTA V multiplayer economy 'balanced for the vast majority of players who will not buy extra cash'

That Xbox One will arrive in the UK a week before PS4 does not give it an advantage, Sony has said. Xbox One will launch worldwide on November 22nd whereas PS4 won’t hit the UK until November 29th. Well, would you rather have seven days or sixteen months?” Sony UK …

The in-game economy of Grand Theft Auto Online has been designed for those who won’t pay out on the included microtransactions. That’s according to Rockstar, which has moved to reassure players who were perturbed by yesterday’s news that users will be able to buy in-game currency using real-life cash. You …

A bundle including a PS4 console, two DualShock 4 controllers, Killzone Shadow Fall and a PlayStation Camera is coming to the UK. That’s according to Eurogamer, which says the bundle will retail for €499 in Europe. That converts to just under 430 which, as if you needed reminding, is the …

£250,000 pool to be divided between ten up-and-coming studios

'The continuing promotion by search engines of illegal content on the internet is unacceptable'

Grand Theft Auto Online is liable to suffer from various tech issues in its formative days, creator Rockstar has warned. The GTA Online component of GTA V will be activated via a free download next Tuesday (October 1st). The first couple of weeks we expect to be heavily focused on …