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The market share enjoyed by Windows Phone handsets has more than halved in the last year. The latest Worldwide Smartphone Shipments report from Gartner shows that Q4 2015 shipments of Windows Phone devices fell to 4.4m units, giving it around 1.1 per cent market share of the period. That’s down …
Read More »Bethesda changes dev setup, has three projects in the works
Having been famed as somewhat of a ‘one at a time’ developer, Bethesda has altered the way it works to allow for multiple projects. Kotaku reports that Fallout 4 director Todd Howard told a DICE audience that multiple projects are now currently ongoing. We actually have three kinda longer-term projects …
Read More »Monument Valley, 80 Days and Lumino City creators set for BAFTA games guru event
Ustwo Games’ Dan Gray, writer Meg Jayanth and State of Play’s Luke Whittaker and Katherine Bidwell will all offer their expert advice during three-day show
Read More »Throwing out the rule book: The aches and pains of developing for VR
After years of anticipation, VR is finally launching in the coming months. And while there are some exciting games on the horizon for the tech, making these experiences has been anything but easy. Developing titles for VR has come with a long list of challenges that studios in the sector …
Read More »Crytek UK wasn’t paying wages and had lost a third of staff prior to Deep Silver buyout
The extent of the troubles that had embroiled the studio formerly known as Free Radical has been revealed. Speaking to The Guardian, Dambuster Studios studio head Hasit Zala revealed that things had gotten pretty dark for the Homefront: The Revolution developer by the summer of 2014. Crytek ran into financial …
Read More »Guillermo del Toro is done with games… except if it’s with Kojima
A collaboration between film director Guillermo del Toro and Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is still on the cards. Following the troubled creation of the pair’s Silent Hills, which eventually resulted in the game’s cancellation last year, del Toro vowed that he was done with the gamesindustry. Now, it …
Read More »Bethesda changes up single-title dev cycle to work across three ‘big and crazy’ projects
‘They're different than anything we've done before,’ Todd Howard teases, while revealing that new studio in Montreal will focus on mobile
Read More »Kojima: My games are delivered on time and on budget
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has said the perception that he takes too long and spends too much money on development of his games is untrue. The statement came in an interview with GameSpot that coincided with his receipt of an AIAS Hall of Fame award at last night’s …
Read More »Goodgame chief Böni replaced by Warner Bros’ William Corey Barnard
Former development director for publisher oversaw the creation of Lord of the Rings, Dungeons and Dragons and DC Comics MMOs
Read More »Kim Kardashian’s sisters sign up for new Glu game
Glu may be entering a period of struggle, but its faith in all things Kardashian is not to be shaken. VentureBeat reports that the company has signed celebrity pair Kendall & Kylie for an iOS and Android game. Kendall and Kylie, incidentally, are the younger half sisters of Kim Kardashian. …
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