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Apple has reportedly ceased production of its expensive £3500 Vision Pro headset, as unsold stock has piled up. Read more Read more ›
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A brand new Guitar Hero controller will be released for the Wii in the year 2025. Read more Read more ›
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An Xbox controller based on the PlayStation 5's DualSense design has been announced by peripheral company Hyperkin. Read more Read more ›
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Horses - the cursed horror game from Saturnalia developer Santa Ragione and directed by Andrea Lucco Borlera - is still coming, it is just taking a little longer to get out of the gates than first anticipated. Read more Read more ›
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Bethesda designer Will Shen, who worked on several high profile titles such as Starfield and Skyrim, has said he believes players are becoming "fatigued" with games that take hours upon hours upon hours to complete. Read more Read more ›
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