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The higher-than-expected number of players who tried Resident Evil VII in VR was a surprise to Sony and has shaped its PS4 strategy. That appears to be the message from PlayStation’s global sales and marketing boss Jim Ryan, who told Games Industry: We had no idea that VR would play …

Take-Two has softened its stance opposing Grand Theft Auto V modding tool Open IV. In a move that looks very much as if it was spurred by the intervention of Rockstar, Open IV is now back online. Furthermore, the developer has openly backed creative tools designed strictly for offline use. …

As has been widely rumoured, Activision is giving a standalone release to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered. However, the game will initially be released only for PS4. This June 27th release – which is tomorrow, incidentally – will be followed by a release on Xbox and PC at some …

A quiet week of new releases in the UK has allowed Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V to once again capture the top spot in the UK All Formats Top 40. It’s the 13th time that the game has topped the charts, equalling Zumba Fitness in claiming the joint third most …

The  UK Gaming Tours (UKGT) Counter-Strike tournament has been cancelled before the end of its first season, after a series of long gaps in communication and complaints from players had led to the UKGT attracting a lot of negative buzz in recent weeks. The UKGTours Twitter account, currently offline, posted …

Team EnVyUs has announced that they have signed three Rocket League stars to create a competitive roster for the title. The three players signed: David ‘Deevo’ Morrow, Nicolai ‘Masetro’ Bang and Remco ‘Remkoe’ Den Boer are Rocket League Championship Series World Champions for Season 3 and used to play for …

After NBC earlier this week announced it’d be working with FACEIT and Psyonix to produce a $100,000 Rocket League tournament, reaction to the news was met with confused enthusiasm. People are happy that NBC are getting involved in esports in a big way, but many commentators and fans were confused …

Heroic Labs is a relatively new company looking to make it easier than ever to include fully functional, scalable multiplayer and social technology in your games. Jem Alexander speaks to Alim Jaffer, VP of product, about the company’s open-source software and how developers can take full advantage of it

A new Overwatch patch in the Private Test Realm (PTR) has unveiled changes to Loot Boxes and highlights, in addition to the long awaited ability to customise player crosshairs.  The customisation option runs deep, with players able to customise crosshairs for each individual hero, meaning you can set Soldier76 up …

Activision started talking about the return of Crash Bandicoot as far back as 2011, and six years later it’s finally here, in the form of a remaster of 1996’s original Crash Bandicoot, 1997’s Cortex Strikes Back and 1998’s Warped, entitled the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. These new versions support 4K and …