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The International Game Developers Association addresses the concerns and stories raised by social media throught out the games industry

Players who never got the chance to experience VR will get the opportunity to do so in the lead-up to Christmas, as Sony just announced a UK tour to promote its headset. Starting next Wednesday, October 25th, in Cardiff, the Live the Game Tour will be visiting nine other cities …

HyperX has announced its first NBA team sponsorship today, becoming the official headset partner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the 76ers owned esports organisation Team Dignitas. HyperX, a division of Kingston Technology Company, will be working with the 76ers and Dignitas in a range of activations. With the 76ers they’ll …

FIFA 17 and FIFA 18 both take home awards for video game soundtrack and video game trailer respectively

It was another slow week at Japanese retail last week, marking the second consecutive week of decline for its physical game market. This is partly due to a lack of high-profile new releases, as the only new entries this week were Warner Bros’ Shadow of War and Square Enix’s Lost …

Further redundancies for the Rock Band developer in an attempy to reduce overheads

Sony’s PlayStation Vita has been on the way out for some time now. While the console still sells well in Japan, shifting around 4,000 units each week, Sony itself declared it a legacy platform back in 2015, confirming that first-party support for the handheld would now cease. That hasn’t stopped …

The next film from the makers of gaming documentary From Bedrooms to Billions is set to make its debut at the end of this month at London’s Science Museum as part of its Power Up gaming event. Taking place on October 25th, footage from The PlayStation Revolution will be shown …

The upcoming Pokemon games, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, for the Nintendo 3DS will likely be the last titles in the series to appear on Nintendo’s handheld platform, according to developer Game Freak. This suggests the series will now find a more permanent home on the Nintendo Switch, starting with …

AppLovin's MD for EMEA, Johannes Heinze, looks at thow the holiday season can be a great boost to mobile games, as long as you approach it correctly