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Blizzard has announced plans to revisit pioneering 1998 strategy title StarCraft. StarCraft: Remastered is described as a reverently crafted modernisation” of the classic title, and will boast 4K graphics. Also included will be expansion Brood War and all the trappings you’d expect from a modern title, including online matchmaking and …

Former Take-Two CEO and president "excited to be joining the Green Man Gaming team during an exciting period of growth and expansion in the business."

Warner Bros has partnered with Vive maker HTC for the creation of virtual reality content to accompany 2018’s Ready Player One film. The movie, which is being helmed by Steven Spielberg, is an adaptation of the Ernest Cline book of the same name. Cline has also co-written the screenplay. The …

Red Barrels Studios submitted build included "video file for reference taken from an alpha version of the game."

Bungie and Activision have gotten the ball rolling on Destiny 2. The game has now officially been announced via Twitter, although it will be of little surprise to those who saw the leaked promotional material that emerged online last week. That particular leak pointed to a release date on September …

Highway to the VR zone

Gfinity has announced that Rocket League will be the third and final game to be a part of its Challenger and Elite Series competitions.  Rocket League joins Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Street Fighter V as the games for the competition.  With all three games now know the Challenger Series can …

“My FQA testers can finish this game in 18 hours, so three days should be enough for a thorough localisation QA pass, right?” Testronic’s Head of LQA Edd Buffery discusses the challenges facing localisation specialists…

HTC Vive has announced the second wave of companies to join its global accelerator program, Vive X. Over 30 new companies will receive funding and support to help grow the VR and AR ecosystems even further, spanning businesses across San Francisco, Beijing, Shenzhen and Taipei. The Vive X program, which …

It might continue to be hard to find Switch consoles on the High Street for the rest of the year, retailer GameStop has predicted. VentureBeat reports that despite strong demand, the retailer says that any potential Switch success has not influenced its financial forecasts as it cannot be sure how …