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HTC’s first Vive standalone VR headsetwill be aimed at the Chinese market, the company has announced, and will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 mobile chipset. The news comes out of ChinaJoy 2017, and follows HTC’s previous announcement in May that it would be developing a standalone headset for Google …

Nintendo’s Splatoon 2 went straight in at No.1 in the Japanese weekly charts last week, according to the latest figures from Famitsu, prompting a 178 per cent spike in Nintendo Switch sales as a result. The Switch sequel to Nintendo’s family-friendly shooter shifted just shy of 671,000 copies last week, …

Bethesda has teamed up with subscription commerce platform Loot Crate to create a bi-monthly Fallout-themed crate, the publisher has announced. Pre-orders open today at 6.30pm UK time, and is the first create to feature an exclusive Fallout figure line and other Vault-Tec themed gear. The first crate will focus on …

The console-only beta for Dragon Ball Fighter Z has been delayed until September. Sign-ups for the beta were supposed to kick off today but now you’ll only be able to register your interest now next month, August 22 to be exact. The beta weekend will now run on September 16-17, …

Tripwire Interactive, Deep Silver and Iceberg Interactive have announced its survival shooter Killing Floor 2 will be coming to Xbox One on August 29th, and will have Xbox One X support on Day One when the console launches later this year. Retailing for 34.99, the Xbox One version will also …

In the first press conference of the HGC 2017 Mid-Season Brawl, South Korean team L5 gave a response to a question that you could feel physically alter the atmosphere in the room. The best Heroes of the Storm team in the world – and the current world champions – had …

The organisers of the Game Developer Conference (GDC) have named Katie Stern as the new general manager of the GDC events. Stern will join GDC’s parent company UBM Technology as of August 7th. Previously, Stern co-founded 3D printing and wearable computing event and showcase Designers of Things, and worked in …

Whether you’re making a small indie title or a big triple-A game, audio is always going to be key. Sounding Sweet specialises in creating audio for the games industry, coming highly recommended by Playground Games’ Gavin Raeburn – our 2017 MCV Awards Person of the Year no less. We talk to …

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds next monthly content patch will take place on Thursday August 3, bringing another host of additional content, including three new sets of loot boxes, which are proving somewhat controversial. Two of the crates, the Wanderer Crate and Survivor Crate, will join the existing Pioneer Crate in the game …

Nintendo has released its three-months earnings report for the period ending June 30th 2017, and we now know the Switch has sold 4.7m units worldwide to date. Between April and June, the Switch sold another 1.97m pieces of hardware, while total software sales topped 8.14m units. Of that figure, a …