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Consumers spent a record amount in the UK video games market in 2020, with the sector valued at £7bn for the year – according to Ukie’s 2020 Consumer Market Valuation. The result marks a 29.9 per cent increase on 2019, and over £1bn higher than 2018’s previous record total of …

SPREE Interactive, a specialist in commercial VR attractions has signed its first, exclusive licensing partnership with VR Nerds to distribute the world’s first all-in-one mobile VR eSports experience for Tower Tag. Tower Tag is currently the largest VR eSport game in the world, with over one million plays to date. …

International Immersive Technology specialist, Kevin Williams of KWP, takes a look at the world of out of home entertainment and the vast potential it holds for the licensing industry. The importance of brand licensing in the explosion of investment in the Out-of-Home entertainment sector has not been lost on anyone, …

The London immersive digital entertainment studio Maze Theory, the team behind the feature length VR games, Doctor Who: The Edge of Time and Peaky Blinders: The Kings Ransom, is expanding its outfit with a host of new hires from across the gaming sphere. The outfit has welcomed executive from some …

BBC Studios has partnered with Oculus to bring a new cinematic, feature-length Doctor Who VR videogame to San Diego Comic-Con. The game has been produced by the developers, Maze Theory. Fans attending the event will be the first in the US to play DoctorWho: The Edge of Time at the …

BBC Studios is celebrating a landmark year of digital Doctor Who entertainment with a new cinematic, feature length Doctor Who VR videogame, scheduled to land this September. Published by PlayStack and developed by Maze Theory, Doctor Who: The Edge Of Time will transport fans into a world of aliens, mystery …

Wallace and Gromit creators, Aardman has now joined a government-backed consortium of entertainment companies to explore the technologies of augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR). The studio has teamed up with Tiny Rebel Games, Potato, Sugar Creative and the University of South Wales to develop immersive Wallace & Gromit content. …

The first ever Peaky Blinders virtual reality drama game is now in the works. The project is currently under development by Maze Theory, specialists in the VR business, and is scheduled for launch in 2020. It will aim to immerse players in the series ‘in ways never done before,’ essentially …

“We look forward to collaborating with the INK Group - a well-versed specialist in digital entertainment - and to the development of a new, creative facet to the Playmobil brand experience,” read a statement from the management board of the Brandsaetter Group.

The game has been created by Cartoon Network in partnership with WePlayVR a free-roaming virtual reality arena with a haptic floor that provides in-game feedback. Players muse use the arena to complete complex orders and avoid kitchen mishaps.