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A possible sell-off for the Xbox brand by owner Microsoft has been touted for a second time. The Financial Times reports that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is intrigued and interested” by forthcoming changes to the company, which will among other things include the hiring of a new CEO. One of …
Read More »Team 17 enters third-party publishing with indie game Light
Worms creators Team 17 is returning to video game publishing. The company will publish indie titles, and the first game is Light from Brighton-based studio Just a Pixel. The game is part of the Steam Greenlight that’s funded by Team 17. The firm said in a release: "Team17 is in …
Read More »VIDEO: See Xbox One’s ‘snap’ in action
Microsoft has released a video showing how its ‘snap’ feature will work on Xbox One. The new console specialises in running apps simultaneously, meaning that gamers can have other things displayed on screen at the same time as they game. As shown below, users need only call out a command …
Read More »Start-up Special 2013: Nine vital steps to establishing your business
Zero Dependency's Andy Esser breaks down the process of setting up a new studio as a registered company
Read More »PS4 won’t play 3D Blu-ray either
You’re going to have to keep hold of your PS3 if you want to carry on making use of that 3D copy of Avatar you bought for 20. After it was revealed earlier this week that Xbox One won’t support 3D Blu-ray movies, it now looks as if the same …
Read More »Following Call of Duty: Ghosts resolutiongate comes framerategate
Who’d have thought that Call of Duty: Ghosts would prove to be one of the most controversial games of 2013? Activision’s shooter found itself at the centre of a next-gen storm earlier this month when it was confirmed that it will run at 1080p on PS4 and 720p on Xbox …
Read More »Yoshida says industry ‘needs’ Nintendo, should switch focus from core games market
President of Sony Worldwide Studios Shuhei Yoshida has said that a healthy and successful Nintendo is vital to the overall video games industry. When you look at the situation around Nintendo that way, do you characterize Nintendo as our competition?” he told IGN, as transcribed by MyNintendoNews. I think in …
Read More »Ubisoft suggests PS4 pre-orders are ahead of Xbox One
There have been more pre-orders for PS4 than Xbox One, Ubisoft chief executive Yves Guillemot has suggested. CVG reports that the exec told investors last night that: "Even if the PS4 is in front of Xbox One pre-orders… we are not worried at all. We think [Xbox One] will be …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed film set to premiere August 2015
The Assassin’s Creed film has been scheduled for a summer 2015 release. The Hollywood Reporter has word that the film’s distributor Fox has dated the debut August 7th, 2015, after earlier reports had the movie arriving in theaters during late May of that year. The adaptation has the late summer …
Read More »Ubisoft half-year financial results show revenue increase
Ubisoft has reported its half-year financial results, posting sales revenue of €293m for the period. The figure represents a five per cent year-over-year increase, with Q2 sales specifically showing an increase of 46.6 per cent and exceeding Ubisoft’s own expectations by €17m. Digital sales saw significant growth as well, up …
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