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Do violent games have a role to play in promoting peace? Will Freeman speaks to charity War Child about what they think

Just over a month after lifting the lid on the GTX 1080 Ti PC graphics card, Nvidia has already toppled it from the top of the pack with an even faster GPU. The GTX Titan XP houses a full version of the GP102 chipset that has to date only been …

Smaller YouTube channels will as of today find it harder to generate revenue from their content . The Google owned network has announced a change to its partner program, which until now allowed even new users of the service to immediately start monetising their content. As of now, however, creators …

"The opportunity to actually build the big, consequential games that I had been hired to help create failed to materialise"

The launch of what will be the world’s most powerful ever console later this year could be enough to hand sector momentum back to Xbox. That’s the prediction of NPD Group’s Mat Piscatella, who told Games Industry that he was satisfied that yesterday’s tech announcement was enough to deliver the …

Developer Gearbox has found itself at the centre of a storm over a decision to partner with online key seller G2A. It emerged yesterday that Gearbox has teamed up with G2A to sell special editions of upcoming shooter Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition. However, the studio seemed to be taken completely …

Gamescom’s new early bird ticket program has got off to an excellent start this year, with 70 per cent of all tickets having been already sold. Likewise, many of the world’s biggest developers and publishers, hardware manufacturers, eSports companies and independent developers have already booked their space, ensuring Gamescom 2017 …

Sony and Naughty Dog’s PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4 walked away with the coveted Best Game award at last night’s video games BAFTAs. Playdead’s indie hit Inside was the most prolific performer, however, grabbing four awards – Artistic Achievement, Game Design, Narrative and Original Property. Multiplayer hit Overcooked won two categories …

GAME recently published its financial results for the six months up to January 28th, including the key Christmas period. We all know that last year was tough for retail, as a number of key titles failed to chart over the key November release period, and more recently Ukie reported that …

RuneScape IP growth and investment sees the Cambridge studio achieve record performance