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Xbox’s Mike Ybarra and Kareem Choudhry have been promoted, a Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed to MCV. News of their promotions first surfaced yesterday after Windows Centralwrote a post based on information from "sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans" but MCV can now confirm this is indeed the case. Ybarra will now …

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – A New Frontier will be arriving at European retailers on March 3rd, Telltale announced today. The game will come on a special season pass disc for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles (not Switch, sadly, despite being released on the same day as …

200 of the 500 demo units to close

Alden Kroll, a Valve UI designer, writes about the Discovery 2.0 update.

John Broomhall talks with Simon Pressey about developing sound, dialogue and music for the flagship VR title from Crytek

Fnatic, Echo Fox, NRG, Rogue and Immortals have all signed Vainglory teams and will debut in the new spring season.  To celebrate the arrival of these new professional organizations, Super Evil Megacorp will be hosting all five teams at the company’s Super Evil Lair in San Mateo for a Run …

Playdemic will be working on mobile editions of the Lego franchise

100 per cent of the money raised from crowdfunding will go to the campaigning developers

200 Oculus Rift demo stations are to be closed at Best Buy stores in the US, according to the Business Insider. The website reports that Facebook ordered the closure of its VR corners due to store performance,” according to an internal memo. An anonymous Best Buy worker told BI that …

The First Hour will return to Ginx TV next week for the first episode in the new series. Overwatch will be the focus of the return broadcast, which will take place at 8pm (UK time) on Thursday 16th February, with hosts Adam Savage and Anthony Richardson playing through, as you …