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Momentum behind PlayStation Vita is finally building, says Sony. The UK team has seen sales of Vita increase 100 per cent during the summer, partly thanks to the launch of its Mega Pack – which is a collection of ten Vita games, bundled onto an 8GB memory card, for 35. …

Publisher 505 Games is releasing digital hit Terraria in a box because it’s missing out on sales. The 2011 PC action construction game was launched on PSN and XBLA via 505 Games this year. It has sold over 2m copies, but now 505 is releasing the game in a box …

Senior figures from King, Lionhead, ARM and Lockwood among new board members

Simultaneous digital and physical launches on Xbox 360 are almost a reality. Payday 2 was available to buy on Xbox Live Arcade just a week after it was launched at retail. Microsoft had previously insisted on a three-month wait between the physical launch and its digital release. It’s still not …

The Awesome Game Studio’s arcade-styled educational puzzle game Alphaman is out now for iOS and Android. Alphaman mixes maze puzzles with spelling challenges through 11 maps, each with its own theme. The game tasks players with making Alphaman eat letters in the correct order for accurate spelling, failing which he …

The Gran Turismo series celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, and it now appears that the Gran Turismo 6 Anniversary Edition will be making its way to India after all. Retailer Game4u has listed the special edition for preorder on its website. Carrying an MRP of Rs 3,799, the Anniversary …

Xbox 360 does have a future beyond the launch of Xbox One, says Microsoft. The firm gave up very quickly on the first Xbox when it launched the 360. And compared with PS3’s line-up, there’s been a lack of 360 exclusives this year. The only exclusive titles left for 360 …

Tech could be revealed at Tokyo Game Show later this month

2014 will see home consoles venture into the virtual reality space for the first time, a new report claims. Eurogamer says that Sony has plans to expand the PS4 feature-set into the VR sector in 2014 with the launch of an Oculus-Rift type headset device. It adds that internal testing …

Lots of you seem to want a new Timesplitters game. Well happy days then, as a new one is now in development. It’s called Timesplitters Rewind and its creators are making it for PS4. That’s the last of the concrete information, however, with everything becoming a little hopeful and speculative …