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Online payment processing firm PayPal is working with crowdfunding creators to distinguish between campaigns that are pre-selling merchandise and those that are more strictly for fundraising. Chief risk officer Tomer Barel detailed the new rules via PayPal’s site, specifically highlighting that crowdfunding campaigns now may proceed without interruption of payment …
Read More »Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi leaves Konami
Konami producer Koji Igarashi has announced his exit from the Japanese video game publisher. Igarashi – credited on over a dozen Castlevania releases – informed Polygon on the news of his departure, stating his intention to start his own indie studio. "I’ve decided to break out on my own to …
Read More »Google Play Games gets cross-platform iOS multiplayer support
GDC 2014: Raft of new features added to Google's games service
Read More »Sonic Boom designs were ‘traumatic’ for Sonic Team
The developer behind Sega’s upcoming Sonic Boom has admitted that its Western-friendly designs for the game were tough for Sonic Team to stomach. The game, developed by Western studio Big Red Button, was revealed last month and drew immediate criticism for the way in which it had adapted the look …
Read More »GOG scraps regional pricing plans
Titles purchased from Good Old Games will cost the same no matter where you are in the world when you purchase them. That’s the message from GOG after the digital retailer announced that it is to abandon previously announced plans to vary the pricing of its titles in different regions. …
Read More »Asphalt 8 is first mobile game to allow fans to livestream
Another week, another story of Twitch doing something pretty cool. The video streaming giant has teamed up with mobile developer Gameloft to allow gamers to livestream footage from new iOS game Asphalt 8: Airborne. Twitch says it is the first time this has happened and is being promoted via a …
Read More »Gauntlet reboot confirmed
Cult Atari arcade IP Gauntlet is returning. Warner Bros is behind the reboot which is heading for Steam on Windows and SteamOS this summer. The game fronts the launch of what is being called WB Games Vault, described as a direct-to-digital portfolio that will deliver paid games based on popular …
Read More »No Platinum trophy for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes won’t offer players the chance to gain a Platinum Trophy on PS4 or PS3. That’s because, as explained by creator Hideo Kojima on Twitter, Sony doesn’t allow for Platinum Trophies in budget releases. Ground Zeroes costs 19.99 on current-gen and 29.99 on next-gen. What …
Read More »Rare: We wouldn’t be better off making a FPS
Executive producer Danny Isaac says developers must make experiences consumers can’t get elsewhere
Read More »Inside Rare: Why Kinect Sports Rivals is rebooting the promise of controller-free gaming
As Rare opens its doors for the first time in years, Develop went behind the scenes to find out why its confident its upcoming Xbox One title could change perceptions of Kinect
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