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Development of sword fighting game Clang has been put on hold, despite the game successfully hitting its Kickstarter target last year. The game raised a total of $526,125 last July, just passing its $500,000 goal. The future of the title, however, remains very uncertain. We’ve hit the pause button on …
Read More »Microsoft warns against standing your Xbox One vertically
The Xbox One is not a machine that should be stood vertically, according to Microsoft. This, according to Microsoft’s senior director of product management and planning at Xbox Albert Panello, is due to its use of a slot-loading disc drive. "We don’t support vertical orientation; do it at your own …
Read More »London return unlikely for GTA; Next-gen GTA V downplayed
A new Grand Theft Auto set in London wouldn’t really be a GTA game at all, Rockstar’s Dan Houser has argued. 1999’s Grand Theft Auto: London was the second release in the series and the possibility of the franchise making a return to the UK has been a subject of …
Read More »Current-gen game delays stifle Keywords growth
Publishers holding back game development to focus on PS4 and Xbox One releases
Read More »Iwata: We will carry on Yamauchi’s spirit
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has paid tribute to his predecessor Hiroshi Yamauchi. Yamauchi passed away yesterday morning in a Kyoto hospital after a battle with pneumonia. In a statement released by Iwata, the platform holder’s current boss vowed to stay true to the values that saw Yamauchi make Nintendo the …
Read More »PS4: December Asia release could be bad news for Sony India
Sony has announced that the PlayStation 4 will release in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea in December, and with no Indian release date yet, this could be bad news for Sony India. The December release window for Asia will surely put pressure on Sony India to release the …
Read More »Sony confirms Kinect-like voice and gesture control for PS4
PS4 users will be able to control some elements of the console using gestures and voice. The news, Engadget reports, comes from the Tokyo Game Show. It is understood that Sony’s PlayStation Eye was at one stage a compulsory element of the console that was to be bundled with the …
Read More »The Walking Dead, Mark of the Ninja vets form new indie studio
A group of industry veterans from Telltale’s The Walking Dead and Klei Entertainment’s Mark of the Ninja teams have founded new indie development studio, Campo Santo. Co-founders include former Telltale designer and writer Sean Vanaman, creative director and designer Jake Rodkin, along with Mark of the Ninja lead designer Nels …
Read More »42% of Xbox Live users watch 30 hours of video each month
Nearly half of all Xbox Live subscribers average an hour a day or more watching video content, Microsoft has revealed. According to a report by VG247, Microsoft’s COO Kevin Turner revealed that 42 per cent of Xbox Live users watch 30 hours of movie and television content monthly. Turner added …
Read More »Sony’s Gaikai service bringing PS3 titles to PS4 and Vita in 2014
Sony has revealed its Gaikai-powered cloud-streaming service will launch in 2014, offering an initial selection of PS3 games for play on PS4, Vita, and Vita TV. IGN reports on Sony’s roundtable interview at Tokyo Game Show, where Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida announced the service will debut in North …
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