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Here’s our take on the big events in the games industry this year. It seems to have been a year dominated by hardware rather than software, with lots of new devices in the shape of VR headsets, updated consoles, new reveals and a smash hit retro revival. Lots of ‘new’ …

Still in Early Access, I-Illusions’ sci-fi shooter is already one of the highest rated virtual reality titles on the market. We caught up with Dirk Van Welden to learn more about the game’s inception.

Warner Bros has admitted that the launch version of the Fantastic Beasts expansion to LEGO Dimensions had a slightly different ending to the film so as not to spoil a big surprise. Suffice to say, spoilers lay ahead, should you be planning on a festive outing to the cinema. The …

With the Call of Duty competitive season about to kick off with MLG Las Vegas Activision is letting those who are yet to buy Infinite Warfare play for free.  Between 6pm (UK time) on December 15th and 6pm on December 20th anyone will be able to download and play Call …

Horizon: Zero Dawn’s UK release date has been moved forward to March 1st, Sony confirmed this morning. Originally set to launch on March 3rd, Guerilla Games’ upcoming third person action game will now launch two days earlier to bring it in line with the rest of Europe. That’s still one …

PS4 owners will be able to get hands-on with Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare later this week. Activision’s shooter will be free to download and play from December 15th to December 20th. There will be restrictions, however – only the first two modes of single player will be accessible, while …

Twitch has revealed a new feature, known as AutoMod, that aims to keep Twitch chat at bay without the need for real life human moderators.  Previously large Twitch streams needed real people to monitor the chat and remove any nasty or inappropriate content and ban users, however through the power …

The long-running agreement between EA and sports car manufacturer Porsche looks like it may have concluded. For several years Porsche has been largely missing from the rosters of the market’s largest racing games – that’s why you tend to often see cars from German company RUF, which bases its models …

ESL has announced that it will run a tournament at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the next four years.  ESL One New York will return on September 16th and 17th 2017, and then will come back again in 2018, 2019 and 2020, although exact dates for those events are …

Generation Media’s account executive Joe Phelanexplains how the advertising market for games has changed since 2015, both online and on TV, with regards to both mobile and console gaming. It’s the lead up to Christmas that sees the industry juggernauts pit their wits against each other with huge campaigns promoting …