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Epic Games’ new ‘A Boy and His Kite’ tech demo points to blue skies for the game industry

Weta Digital partners with Oculus and Epic Games for a new VR experience

Nvidia announces the Titan X graphics processor, the most powerful GPU available

Nintendo welcomes change and is open to experimentation for its digital future

Ubisoft and new HMD developers join Open-Source Virtual Reality group

The MindLeap virtual reality game system runs on your brainwaves — no controllers needed

Nvidia announces its $200, 1,080p Shield Android TV Console — launches in May

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn hits 4 million registered players worldwide

Square Enix and DeNA announce mobile RPG Final Fantasy: Record Keeper

Minecraft sells 500K copies in Japan on PlayStation platforms — including 200K on Vita

Exclusive
Death is forever in Nexon’s mobile roguelike dungeon-crawler Legacy Quest (exclusive)

Nyko Data Bank: a cheap and easy PlayStation 4 hard drive upgrade

Console role-playing game house Tri-Ace acquired by mobile company Nepro Japan

Puzzle game Line: Disney Tsum Tsum hits 40 million worldwide downloads

Sega Networks acquires Marvel Puzzle Quest’s Demiurge Studios, invests in 2 Western developers

Opinion
A game’s length is one of its least important measures

Game streaming startup PolyStream completes its seed funding

League of Legends continues its dominance as most-played PC game

World of Tanks on Xbox 360 has had an outstanding first year (infographic)

Microsoft breaks January sales records with Xbox One, though PS4 takes the month

ZeptoLab’s new midcore IP King of Thieves launches today on iOS

Comedian Pete Holmes takes a gentler approach to hosting the DICE Awards

Arcade classic Asteroids returns as an open-world, multiplayer survival game for PC

Com2us reports record growth as it moves into the U.S. mobile game sector

Open-Source Virtual Reality platform now has support from 38 members

Feature
Shadow of Mordor’s Nemesis system draws from Burnout, football, and an architecture book

The ‘Age of Play’ is near, but several bosses stand in the way

Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin is more of a director’s cut than a rehash

Super Evil Megacorp boss looks to mobile gaming’s history for lessons on the industry’s future

How zombies forever changed Call of Duty developer Treyarch

The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D makes doomsday look better than ever before (review)

Razer beefs up its already powerful Blade gaming laptop

Fingerprint acquires kids’ mobile game companies Scribble Press and Cognitive Kid

Preview
The Witcher 3’s open world is an open invitation

Even the smallest choices matter in Life is Strange (preview)

Star Wars: Battle Pod arcade game drops players in front of a dome for full immersion

Razer partners with China Telecom for smartband gamification

Exclusive
Sony Music Entertainment launches mobile music game Rockin’ Goat
