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The end of the traditional console cycle has expedited the decline of the overall console market. That’s the claim of Square Enix’s worldwide technology director Julien Merceron, who has branded the long shelf life of both the PS3 and Xbox 360 and the biggest mistake [Sony and Microsoft] have ever …
Read More »"Games are no less rewarding than Shakespeare"
Taking to the stage at the Develop Conference Star Wars and Willow actor Warwick Davis has revealed that his recent involvement in making games has been ‘no less rewarding’ than acting on stage in a Shakespeare production. "As an artist and producer you want to find other ways to spread …
Read More »Kickstarter to include UK projects from this autumn
UK creative types will from this autumn have the option of Kickstarting their ideas. That’s because one of the biggest success stories of 2012, crowd-funding platform Kickstarter, is to launch in the UK this autumn. As reported last month, Kickstarter has to date led to the successful bankrolling of over …
Read More »Valve’s five point guide to ‘bossless management’
Develop Conference: Want to ape the Portal outfit's studio structure? Holtman tells you how
Read More »Koch: ‘Nobody is abandoning physical’
Having won new deals to handle Sega and THQ games in Europe, Koch Media boss Klemens Kundratitz says a paradigm shift lies ahead for publishers on the continent. The distributor expects more games publishers to abandon costly regional operations in favour of local partners as they try to invest more …
Read More »Sony to manufacture PS3 games in India
First party PS3 games will soon be manufactured in India, Sony has confirmed. Speaking with MCV, Sony Computer Entertainment India country manager Atindriya Bose said, Technically, we’re ready to roll out PS3 games from India, but we’re currently working on the tax implications so that we can be clear on …
Read More »Valve offers a glimpse at its marketing-development secret recipe
Valve is, without doubt, one of the most unique games companies in the world – and today Steam chief Jason Holtman revealed why. And it’s not just because it owns a digital store. In the opening keynote at the Develop conference in Brighton this morning, Holtman talked through the developer-publisher-retailer’s …
Read More »Harada would quit before OK’ing character DLC for Tekken
Katsuhiro Harada. Loved by gamers. And quite possibly hated by publishers. The famed head of Namco Bandai’s Tekken series has stated that he would consider walking from the publisher if put under pressure to introduce character downloads as DLC. "If I was given the choice to include paid DLC or …
Read More »"The console guys are running scared"
Legendary games designer Will Wright has claimed that the dramatic shift from full-price to freemium has left the established console sector is a state of disarray. I think all the console guys are running scared,” Wright told Games Industry. Not so much because of the hardware, but because of the …
Read More »Amazing 1,000,000 games collection sells on eBay
There are people who collect video games. Then there are people who COLLECT video games. An eBay auction for 22 sets of complete hardware and software line-ups for a number of retro games systems has sold on eBay for a colossal $999,999.99. And that doesn’t include the estimated €1,000 shipping …
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