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Chris Lee takes the reigns as 343i confirm no Halo 6 at E3

Following Tencent’s $90m investment in Pocket Gems last week, Karol Severin, MIDiA Research’s lead analyst for research on games and the mobile content economy, shares his view on Tencent’s global expansion strategy. Last week, Tencent announced a $90 million investment into Pocket Gems, a US-based studio best known for its …

The Legend of Zelda might be the next big Nintendo IP in line for the smartphone treatment. The Wall Street Journal reports that Nintendo is planning to release a Zelda title for smartphones some time after its Animal Crossing game, which it says is due out in the second half …

Bethesda’s Prey has grabbed itself a UK No.1 at the second time of asking. Having failed to dislodge Nintendo’s Mario Kart Deluxe 8 from the top of the charts last week, Prey has risen to the top in its second week of release. It’s the first Bethesda No.1 since Fallout …

It took PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds just three days on Steam’s Early Access to make $11m. It’s a nearly ridiculous amount of money, and suddenly all eyes are on the game, asking the important questions: what’s next for the game, and when can it be watched as a competitive event? Brendan Greene, …

John Broomhall talks with composer and audio director Kenneth Young about creating integral aural innovations for Secret Sorcery’s charming VR title

Tier One Entertainment, the Philippine’s first gaming and esports talent agency, has just secured foreign investment from recently founded BITKRAFT Esports Ventures. “We are fortunate that BITKRAFT has shown faith in the region” said esports veteran and Tier One co-founder Tryke Gutierrez as he announced the investment with his co-founder …

The VRWorks audio SDK is able to be integrated with Unreal Engine 4

Rebellion’s CEO and co-founder Jason Kingsley details what we’re still learning about VR. Doing VR for Battlezone, we learnt a lot of things – some things we were doing right, but mainly things we were doing wrong. And, surprisingly, a lot of that fed back into the knowledge I picked …

This year’s awards are the biggest ever with new categories and new nominees, with the winners to be awarded on July 12th in Brighton