The biggest game of 2013 won more industry accolades than any other title at this year’s MCV Awards. Grand Theft Auto V ran away with the Sales Triumph prize after generating over $1bn in just its first 48 hours on sale before becoming the best-selling entertainment product in history. It …

PlayStation dominated the MCV Awards 2014, collecting eight prizes including the prestigious Grand Prix. Sony was hailed for its launch of PS4, The Last of Us and its push of the PlayStation Network at retail. It also won Digital Strategy, UK Sales Team, Marketing Team, Events Team, PR Team and …

Neil Schneider from the Immersive Technology Alliance discusses the potential of VR

Retailer GameStop has outed a still unannounced season pass for upcoming title Watch Dogs. As reported by AllGamesBeta, the $19.99 pass includes access to a unique single player campaign featuring a new playable character plus more missions, weapons, and exclusive content”. All of which is pretty similar to the Freedom …

Sony has dated the Borderlands 2 Limited Edition PlayStation Vita Bundle for next month, with the standalone release of the game coming one week after. The bundle will feature the slimmer Vita model, according to the PlayStation US blog. $199.99 gets you the game and the Wi-Fi enabled hardware – …

A ‘pre-sequel’ Borderlands game is in development. This is according to retailer GamePointsNow, which claims to have received exclusive information about Gearbox’s series. In February, the studio’s CEO and president Randy Pitchford said that Borderlands 3 was not in the works, which obviously does not rule out this rumour. The …

Skylanders fans now have a place to gather thanks to a new social initiative from GAME. The retailer has today launched its Skylanders Swap Force Club. Members will be invited to meet at scheduled in-store events to not only mingle with fellow players but also get their hands on extra …

Phil Spencer has spent 26 years working for Microsoft. He’s worked across divisions and on products that range from Encarta and Microsoft Works, to Fable and Halo 4. He has quite the CV and, as a creator at heart, was perhaps the obvious choice to succeed Don Mattrick as the …

Blizzard has confirmed week one sales numbers for Diablo III expansion Reaper of Souls. The expansion ‘sold through’ 2.7m copies to retail between now and its release on March 25th. The studio adds that players have between them stopped Death over 1.5m times and that Diablo III views on Twitch …

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