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The long-awaited smartphone debut of the Animal Crossing series will finally arrive some time in late November. Nintendo confirmed the release window in last night’s Nintendo Direct. Also confirmed was its name – Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. Visually the game will be very similar to anyone who has ever played …

It’s been a year since the PlayStation VR took virtual reality to the mainstream and Ssince sales of PC and mobile VR really began to grow. Sean Cleaver speaks to studio heads and recruitment specialists to find out what their thoughts are on the virtual reality job market one year on

Former Human Head and Irrational games director Tim Gerritsen will head the division created with Asmodee Digital

Blizzard have unveiled changes to their Heroes of the storm HGC event, with the second year sticking closely to a lot of the format and culture of this years inaugural year, although with a few tweaks. Here are some of the big changes, which will take effect when the HGC …

The Tiny Trax developer aims to grow in size as it doubles down on PSVR development

DreamHack has signed a data and integrity partnership deal with Genius Sports. Genius Sports will now distribute data and video streaming from DreamHack’s esports events around the world to a global market of regulated betting outfits, but this data access will also see Genius Sports stepping in to ensure that …

The services provider wants to add yet more to its portfolio with a deal for the QA company

Have you ever fancied your chances as a cyberpunk sports star? Do you fancy taking a crack at Roll7’s new competitive multiplayer game? Do you have a PC? If you answered yes to the above, or at least two out of the three above, we’ve got just the ticket. We’re …

NPD figures for the US games market, which combine both physical and digital sales, often make happier reading than our UK retail figures. And the latest 49 per cent year-on-year rise in figures for September shows that more clearly than ever. Sales soared on the back of the hugely successful …

Starbreeze drops to 33.3 per cent interest in the venture and no longer needs to invest the $7.5m remaining captial