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Apple reportedly buys AR startup Vrvana for $30 million
Multiple sources confirm the acquisition of the creator of the Totem mixed reality headset
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BrightLocker wants to go beyond Kickstarter and Early Access
CEO Ruben Cortez on a platform that will open up the creative process to gamers, and unlock new revenue streams for developers
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More Hitman, more control: IO Interactive on its newfound independence
CEO Hakan Abrak talks about the studio's plans for the first time since its split from Square Enix
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Funomena: A holistic guide to VR development
CEO Robin Hunicke on finding common ground between business and creativity, and embracing the "new language" of VR with Luna
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Supermassive Games' PSVR title The Inpatient slips into 2018
Until Dawn project will now launch in January, while VR shooter Bravo Team is pushed back to March 2018
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FIFA, Dungeon & Fighter boost Nexon's nine-month results
"Impairment losses on prepaid royalties" for LawBreakers didn't prevent major increases in revenue and profit
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Blizzard embraces its legacy with World of Warcraft: Classic
New version of the MMO will "replicate the game experience" from when it first launched
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Starcraft II goes free-to-play
New WoW expansion announced alongside new business model for Blizzard's hit RTS
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Virtual Arts: Making the case for a new engine for VR
CEO Nizar Romdan on the need to move away from "ported" engines to get the most from VR
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Housemarque's bittersweet farewell to the arcade shoot 'em up
The commercial disappointment of Nex Machina and Matterfall marks the end of an era for the Finnish studio - and the start of another
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Super Mario Run is still short of Nintendo's profit expectations
Despite reaching 200 million downloads, Nintendo tells investors that Mario's mobile debut has "not yet reached an acceptable profit point"
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Super Mario Odyssey hits 2 million sales
With Switch sales "tracking those of the Wii," latest Mario game reached almost a third of the console's audience
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Vreal is aiming to be more than just "Twitch for VR"
CEO Todd Hooper on entering the market at the point where virtual reality and streaming intersect
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Switch shipments will near 17 million units by the end of March
Six-month results show big increases in revenue and profit, with 50 million units of software expected to ship this fiscal year
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Super Mario Odyssey: Critical Consensus
The critics heap adoration on Nintendo's big holiday release, another high-point in a year packed with them
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GameMaker Studio 2 joins Xbox Live Creators Program
Users can now take advantage of streamlined Xbox certification process
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Xbox software and services Q1 revenue offsets hardware decline
CEO Satya Nadella positions revenue balance as "leading indicator" of Microsoft's ambitions in the gaming sector
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Milestone races towards its biggest ever year
Italian racing specialist expects to double revenue to €50m in 2018, but SVP Luisa Bixio says "there is a limit" to its growth in the genre
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Starbreeze cedes majority control of StarVR to Acer
The Swedish company will not have to honour the remaining $7.5 million it pledged to invest last year
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Rockstar wants to return to single-player DLC in future games
GTA V was "very, very complete," and absence of add-on content wasn't a "conscious decision"
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Destiny 2 is the best-selling game of 2017 in the US so far
NPD data shows strength of Bungie's sequel, while Nintendo's SNES Mini sold more units than any other console
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First batch of backwards compatible Xbox games hit Xbox One
KOTOR, Ninja Gaiden Black, Psychonauts among 13 games now playable on current gen hardware
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Adding multiplayer would "dilute" Wolfenstein's storytelling
MachineGames' Tommy Tordsson Björk on the benefits of single-player focus to "pushing the boundaries" in The New Colossus
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Wired Productions donates $10,000 to mental health charity Take This
The money was raised from sales of Town of Light, working with Italian dev LKA and several retailers
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Skipmore's Kamiko sells 150,000 on Switch
Two-person Japanese studio sees a big return on Nintendo's new console