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The overwhelmingly positive response given to PS4 at E3 this week has led to the company raising its sales expectations for the machine. Global PlayStation boss Andrew House told The Wall Street Journal the company is shifting its internal projections for the product after favourable reactions to the company’s presentation …
Read More »Oddworld dev slams Microsoft over Xbox One indie games policy
Microsoft’s insistence on indie devs requiring a publishing partner has angered indie dev Lorne Lanning. Lanning, now at studio Oddworld Inhabitants and developing Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty!, has spoken to Microsoft about getting the game released on Xbox One. But despite being a self-publisher, Microsoft has refused to budge on …
Read More »Fez 2 announced at Horizon conference
One of the most successful indie games of recent times is getting a sequel. (The somewhat controversial) indie developer Phil Fish used last night’s Horizon indie conference to announce Fez 2 via the trailer you can see below. Details on supported platforms and a release date have not yet been …
Read More »EA confirms Danger Close team disbanded
DICE LA replaces Medal of Honor developer
Read More »Nintendo’s Aonuma: If we don’t change we might die
'We need to evolve, things need to change, things need to grow,' says development veteran
Read More »Nintendo: Want to block pre-owned? Then make better games
Spirited Nintendo America boss Reggie Fils-Aime has said that there’s a very simply solution to the ‘problem’ of pre-owned – make better games. The exec was also keen to point out that Nintendo has the lowest software trade-in rate of any platform holder – a fact perfectly illustrated by the …
Read More »Training Spotlight: Warwickshire College
Develop gives you a look at a games course in Leamington Spa
Read More »XBLA title State of Decay matches the UK’s ENTIRE physical market in one week
275,000 physical games were sold in the UK last week. Xbox Live title State of Decay sold 250,000 units in two days in the same week. It’s an observation made by UK journalist Lee Bradley and is one that perfectly illustrates the changing dynamics of the video game market. Of …
Read More »E3 2014 dated as expo records highest attendance figures since restructure
A whopping 48,200 people – encompassing journalists, retailers, analysts and other games industry professionals – visited the halls of E3 2013 in Los Angeles this week. This is the highest number of attendees since organiser the Entertainment Software Association restructured the expo back in 2009, reverting it back to its …
Read More »Using psychology in game design
Berni Good tells Develop what studios can learn from cyberpsychology
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