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The latest entry in Warner Bros’ Mortal Kombat series is once again in pole position of the GfK Chart-Track Top 40. Mortal Kombat X holds the No.1 spot in spite of a 64 per cent dip in sales. In second place is Grand Theft Auto V, while Battlefield Hardline is …

EA’s upcoming golf title Rory McIlroy PGA Tour won’t be coming out in its previously announced June release window. Instead the sports game will be coming out on July 14th.This is the same week as the Open Championship 2015 in St Andrews. It’s yet to be revealed if this is …

Indie retailer GamesNation wants to open three new stores this year. GamesNation opened its first outlet in Paignton in 2014, and is now eyeing up locations in Torquay, Exeter and Plymouth. We’ve been open a little over a year and it’s surpassed all of my expectations,” store owner Joe Marshall …

With Skylanders, Disney Infinity, LEGO Dimensions and Amiibo, the toys-to-life space has never been so competitive. But who is going to lose out? We speak to some of the genre’s experts to find out. We also look back at the winners of this year’s MCV Awards in pictures, including a …

Director Alex McLean on building a team focused on game engine development

High Street retailer GAME has purchased a minority stake in UK-based augmented reality company Ads Reality. GAME had been working with the AR firm on its Scan It tech for its mobile app.Scan It allows users to scan titles and gives them a personalised price based on the Reward card …

Nintendo has confirmed that there will be a Splatoon and Wii U hardware bundle in the PAL regions. The platform holder announced this on Twitter yesterday, and said that the bundle would be launching on June 19th. This is three weeks after Splatoon’s launch in the Wii U. In Australia …

Racing studio Codemasters has the rights to the F1 licence for just one more year. That’s according to Videogamer, who reports that game designer Steven Embling said that the publisher only as the licence for another year. That means we will probably see an F1 2016 next year. But the …

There’s another virtual reality chair in the works. As reported by Eurogamer, the MMOne is a gaming chair attached to a crane that allows for three-axis rotation to reflect in-game movement. Developer Ukrainianstart-up MM-Company claims that this is the world’s first interactive VR attraction. It works with Oculus Rift DK1 …

Ubisoft has hinted that more releases set in the Child of Light universe are on the way. Taking to Twitter, the creative director of last year’s UbiArt Frameworks RPG title, Patrick Plourde, said that more projects set in the same universe are in development. Note, projects. Plourde and Ubisoft is …