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Freelance audio director and former BioWare sound man Simon Pressey explores what Wwise brought to the Mass Effect universe

Industry insight or wishful thinking? Global games retail giant GameStop believes that the PS4 and Xbox 720 won’t incorporate pre-owned blocking technology. Since the turn of the year separate rumours have suggested that both the Next Xbox and the PS4 would utilise methods to either prevent gamers from playing games …

In the eighth of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, Dominic Sacco investigates the dangers smartphones and tablets pose to the console market Is the threat of mobile over-hyped?NO Angry Birds has been downloaded 1bn times. Not even the longest-running and biggest boxed franchises …

Boosted by government support, dev contest shaping up to be biggest ever

New screen of video game themed animated movie Wreck-It-Ralph have emerged, giving an early taste of the treats laying ahead for gaming fans. Wreck-It-Ralph is a new animated film from Walt Disney and is due for release later this year. It tells the tale of the aforementioned Ralph, a (fictional) …

Hopes of a PlayStation Vita price cut announcement at E3 have come and gone, and Sony reckons the price of the system will not be reduced any time soon. Oh, absolutely," Sony Worldwide Studios chief Shuhei Yoshida told Eurogamer when asked if he was happy with the current price of …

SCEE CEO Jack Tretton has stepped in to counter speculation that Sony is aiming to make the PS4 the first released console of the next generation machines. Speaking toGameTrailersTretton stated: "We’ve never been first, we’ve never been cheapest, it’s about being best." "And I think if you can build a …

The Japanese stock market has reacted badly to Nintendo’s E3 presentation, with stock in the company falling 2.68 per cent since trading opened today. Nintendo’s conference has been widely criticised by the consumer press, with nearly all lamenting the lack of new games announcements – headline-worthy reveals were expected with …

The world’s largest electronics manufacturing plant descended into chaos on Monday night as male workers rioted. Foxconn’s Chengdu plant in Sichuan is the beating heart of many Western electronics products – including Xbox and Apple – but has hit the headlines in recent years due to accusations of poor working …

In the seventh of a series of features answering the biggest questions about the industry’s future, James Batchelor discusses the impact the free-to-play model has had on the traditional MMO Is the subscription MMO in trouble?YES At its peak in 2010, 12m people around the world were playing Blizzard’s World …