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Oculus recruiting over 100 people ahead of augmented reality expansion
VR pioneer wants to bring everyday AR to a billion people
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Boston developers join forces for children's charity Humble Bundle
60% of all proceeds will go to the St Baldrick's Foundation, which funds research into treating and curing children with cancer
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Newzoo: Top 25 games firms made $34.5bn in H1 2016
Mobile accounts for 40% of all revenues of Top 10, industry leaders show biggest growth in five years
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OnePlay acquires Desura and Indie Royale
Online retailer hopes to have brands up and running early next year after former parent Bad Juju went bankrupt
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Quantic Dream experimenting with virtual reality
But David Cage won't venture into VR space “for the sake of it”
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Microsoft takes on Oculus, Twitch in new Windows 10 update
Creators Update launches for free this spring, brings mixed reality functionality to HoloLens
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Cage: “Games should be about what players feel, not what they do”
The creator of Heavy Rain and upcoming Detroit: Become Human discusses his ongoing quest to share personal experiences through video games
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“Stop thinking like a developer and put yourself in the public's shoes”
Candy Lab CEO Andrew Couch discusses the future of location-based games
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Layoffs strike Gameforge as publisher abandons mobile
German firm will focus entirely on PC games, loses an estimated 90 people
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Nintendo desperately wants its audience to Switch back
The lack of young people in the reveal indicates a firm determined to reconnect with grown-ups, lapsed fans and the industry
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Peak Games suing Hasbro for game cloning
Turkish developer claims new My Little Pony title is derived from its own Toy Blast
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GAME stores charging for PlayStation VR demos
Branches offering half an hour for £15, but store policies appear inconsistent
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Pokémon Go is the fastest mobile game to pass $600m in revenues
Location-based phenomenon reaches milestone in 90 days
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PlayStation VR sells 50,000 units in Japan during launch week
Virtual reality device outperforms PS4 after just four days on sale
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NPD: PS4 Slim and Xbox One S fail to prevent US sales decline
Spending on hardware, software and accessories down 23% year-on-year
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HTC Vive has sold more than 140,000 units - report
Rare sales figures emerge, suggest slow build for premium virtual reality device
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$850m raised towards Tencent's Supercell acquisition
Chinese investors will hold 76.9% stake in Clash Royale studio
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Ex-Zynga VP's VR animation studio Baobab secures $25m funding
California-based virtual reality start-up has now raised $31m to date
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Brynley Gibson joins Curve Digital to lead VR push
Former Sony London Studio producer will also head up Zöe Mode and Headstrong Games
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NPD: Price is biggest barrier to higher DLC sales
Microtransactions also impacted, with earned virtual currency the preferred purchase method
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United Front Games reportedly shut down
Departing staff and pulled games suggest trouble for Canada-based Sleeping Dogs developer
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Watch: Hello Neighbor - From indie game to cross-media hit
TinyBuild CEO Alex Nichiporchik on transforming an indie horror game into a cross-media hit that's selling millions of books
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Watch: The hunt for the next Witcher
Broadcasters, production firms and licensing experts on which games IP translate well to live-action productions and why games brands are coveted more and more for big and small screen projects
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Watch: Making TV and film with games technology
Unreal Engine provider Epic Games shares how its technology is being used to create the special effects for high-budget productions such as Star Wars spin-off The Mandalorian
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Watch: Turning Animal Crossing into a TV chat show
Rogue One writer Gary Whitta shares the origins, ambitions and successes of his show Animal Talking, a TV-style chat show conducted entirely within the hit Nintendo game, Animal Crossing