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Pong, Space Invaders and Yars' Revenge among new inductees

We all hate laboriously typing in those 15-digit codes that publishers and platform holders insist on using, right? Well, those days could be numbered now that Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox One version of Kinect will be able to read QR codes, according to IGN. Microsoft’s corporate VP for Xbox …

As well as 120 speakers and seven keynotes at the eighth industry conference

The composer behind Tomb Raider and Dead Space 3 gets the rapid-fire question treatment

Entertainment app has been tweaked for multi-tasking with Xbox One

Future’s multiformat specialist consumer magazine Edge has told its readers that they should buy a PS4 – and that Xbox has ‘blown it’. The title unveiled a provocative new issue cover today which whole heartedly backs Sony over Microsoft. Reaction to the cover is already fierce – Edge is trending …

Five games backed by investment initiative to be released during the summer

The most bankable game studios in the world today, measured by retail sales data

Oslo Albet, creator of co-operative puzzle game Fireboy and Watergirl, discusses how allowing kids and parents to play together can help spread word of your latest title Easy to play, hard to master games are key components for many successful games. Add friends to the recipe, and the hard to …

Head of computing giant takes temporary charge following Don Mattrick's move to Zynga