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Microsoft announced that they are working on new controllers for use in both VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality) games.

Japanese Weekly Charts:
1. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition
2. Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X
3. Monster Hunter: XX

Square Enix is looking to sell Io-Interactive, the developer of the latest Hitman, putting the future of the game at risk.

UK Charts. Week ending on 13/05/2017:
1. Prey – Bethesda Softworks
2. Grand Theft Auto 5 – Rockstar
3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo Switch) – Nintendo

News of Koei Tecmo’s latest Dynasty Warriors title has reached the Japanese games press, revealing new details about Dynasty Warriors 9.

Treyarch Studios announced a new title, Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Zombie Chronicles, which will collect the zombies maps remastered for better resolutions.

Sony recently revealed in a blog post that two new PS2 on PS4 games would be coming to the Playstation Store this week, alongside other new releases.

Assassin’s Creed: Origins, which is set to be released later this year, is the next in the Assassin’s Creed game series, was leaked.

Publisher Deep Silver has insisted that Dead Island 2 is still in development and has made promising progress, despite no news about the game last year.

Activision Blizzard were keen to reiterate the fact that Destiny 2 will have a steady stream of content after launch