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Read More »Team diversity behind Animal Crossing: New Leaf’s success
GDC 2014: The 3DS game has now sold more than 7.3 million copies worldwide
Read More »SteamOS ‘will destroy traditional consoles’
Faster hardware refresh cycle and open system will make Steam Machines a success, claims Leadwerks CEO Josh Klint
Read More »PS4 camera boasts 15% attach rate, nears 1m sales
Sony has to date sold around 900,000 PlayStation Cameras designed for use with PS4. As GameSpot reports, with global PS4 sales standing at around 6m units that equates to an attach rate of 15 per cent. However, the number would have been higher – possibly far higher – were the …
Read More »Sony opens up host of indie tools for PlayStation development
Four popular development tools have been opened up for those hoping to develop indie titles for PS4, PS3 and Vita. Develop reports that GameMaker: Studio and MonoGame will both be updated to include tools needed for exporting titles to PS4 for licensed Sony Computer Entertainment developers. In addition, developers are …
Read More »Igarashi blames Konami departure on hardcore demise
The push away from traditional core gaming to more social-focused titles was the reason for Koji Igarashi’s decision to quit Konami. The Castlevania producer announced his departure on Monday. "The more hardcore the game the less suitable it is for the casual market," Igarashi told Polygon at GDC. "Unfortunately, I’m …
Read More »VIDEO: David ‘Doctor Who’ Tennant is the voice of Kinect Sports Rivals
Former Timelord and Scottish thesp David Tennant has been revealed as the narrator of upcoming Xbox One title Kinect Sports Rivals. It’s the first game that the actor has done voice over work for, not least because the BBC’s Doctor Who video games drive arrived in the post-Tennant Matt Smith …
Read More »Hashstash announces elections-themed Circulets: Lok Sabha
Hashstash Studios is set to release an elections-themed spin-off of Circulets, titled Circulets: Lok Sabha. Circulets is a table-top same-screen multiplayer game that was released last year for iOS and Android. It tasks players at opposite ends of the device with pulling circles, or circulets, towards them to earn points. …
Read More »VR needs to sell 1m units to be viable, Ubisoft exec says
Virtual reality hardware will need to hit the seven figure sales milestone before it becomes a realistic proposition for triple-A publishers. That’s according to Ubisoft’s VP of creative Lionel Raynaud, who as reported by GameSpot told a GDC roundtable that "VR would need to sell at least 1 million units …
Read More »4K support coming to Titanfall on PC
The PC version of Titanfall will at some stage be adding 4K resolution support to the mix. Respawn has been working with Nvidia to add-in support for some Nvidia GameWorks features into the game. As well as 4K display support and increased SLI compatibility, future patches will also add temporal …
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