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Razer acquires smartphone firm Nextbit
Points to move into mobile hardware, follows acquisitions of Ouya and THX
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"I spent years trying to find ways not to end up crunching"
With a clear goal, however, "very brief periods" of crunch can benefit the product and the team, says Eidos Montreal's Fleur Marty
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Remedy vets shift to VR with 3rd Eye Studios
Finnish company's first project will be an anthology series of games inspired by The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror
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HTC accepting developer applications for 1,000 Vive Trackers
Submission deadline for new VR motion-tracking hub is February 7
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Almost 87,000 Resident Evil 7 users have tried the game in PSVR
Data on the game's official website pegs the figure at 9.5% of players so far
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EVE Online's foray into citizen science "the first of many"
Massively Multiplayer Online Science will now collaborate with Gearbox on integrating real research into the Borderlands universe
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Vertigo Games claims VR sales record with $1.4m Arizona Sunshine haul
First month sales are the highest for a PC VR title, developer claims
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Resident Evil 7: Critical Consensus
Critics are united in praise of the series' most frightening game in a decade
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Digital Bros acquires Assetto Corsa dev for €4.3 million in cash and stock
Kunos Simulazioni's racing sim was launched on consoles by the Italian publisher last year
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Virginia honoured by the British Writer's Guild
Jonathan Burroughs, Lyndon Holland and Terry Kenny win the guild's only writing award for video games
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Viking Squad dev Slick now part of Klei Entertainment
Slick celebrates its tenth birthday by joining the creator of Don't Starve, will continue to support its old games
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Valve, CCP and Team17 add core slant to Casual Connect Europe
Next month's event will also host GREE's Andrew Sheppard, Square Enix Montreal's Patrick Naud and King VP Stephen Jarrett
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“Making a world-class game, but from India - that's the number one goal”
June Software CEO Roby John on the importance of technology to building success in both India and around the world
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Facebook could invest another $3 billion in VR over the next decade
ZeniMax vs. Oculus trial reveals Mark Zuckerberg's shifting expectations: "These things end up being more complex than you think up front"
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Unity hires Bungie veteran as new graphics director
Natalya Tatarchuk worked on Destiny, Halo: ODST and Halo: Reach
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Wizards of the Coast opens Digital Games Studio
Team will work with the company's IP, team includes veterans of Valve, Bioware and Cryptic
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Nintendo sets a high price for Switch peripherals
Update: Packed-in Joy-Con grip will not charge controllers, and separately sold controllers will not include dummy grip
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Oculus VR destroyed evidence regarding Rift's creation, ZeniMax claims
"ZeniMax and id Software are the visionary developers of breakthrough VR technology"
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CCP, Colossal Order and Square Enix to speak at Ludicious 2017
Swiss conference finalises three days of themed summits
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Lack of Switch pack-in game down to hitting $299 price-point
1-2-Switch is a more substantial package than Wii Sports, says Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime
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Rovio opens new studio in London
Fifth in-house studio will focus on MMOs and IP beyond the Angry Birds universe
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Respawn cancels Titanfall mobile game
First title in Nexon partnership canned after its beta test, heaping more uncertainty on Respawn's shooter franchise
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Awesome Games Done Quick raised $2.2 million for charity
Speedrunning marathon surpassed last year's record by $1 million
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Swery returns to the industry with new indie studio
Hidetaka Suehiro will work on games, VR and books with new indie outfit White Owls Inc.