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Windows Phone 8 will be a welcoming platform for games development, Microsoft has claimed. The new mobile OS will be built around the same core tech principles as its PC-based cousin – a move that Microsoft has said will make it very easy for studios to bring their titles to …
Read More »Ubisoft XBLA bundle now looks a cert for retail
Retailer Amazon has more or less confirmed a new triple-play retail SKU from publisher Ubisoft. Called the Ubisoft Xbox Live Hits Collection, the bundle includes retro remake Beyond Good and Evil HD, strategy title From Dust and artistic platformer Outland. Amazon is selling the title for 17.99, pointing to a …
Read More »Kojima: Solild Snake to return in Metal Gear Solid 5
The Metal Gear Solid franchise creator has let slip a few major details about what to expect regarding MGS 5. CVG shares that Hideo Kojima told France games magazine IG that Solid Snake is set to return in the next installment of the action espionage series. There will be a …
Read More »Valve launches ‘Steam for Schools’ program
Valve has announced plans for ‘Steam for Schools’, a program that aims to provide a free, limited version of Steam to classrooms for educational purposes. Valve’s director of educational programs Leslie Redd unveiled the initiative earlier today at the Games for Change festival in New York City. We have a …
Read More »In-app payments for Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone to get long-awaited monetisation option
Read More »Crytek CEO: Wii U is ‘minimum as powerful as Xbox 360’
Crytek boss Cevat Yerli has weighed in on the Wii U performance discussion, while providing a tidbit about the upcoming console’s tie to CryEngine 3 as well. "From my perspective I do not understand the public’s concerns that the Wii U is weaker than PS3 and 360," Yerli stated to …
Read More »Windows Phone 8 goes native
New mobile OS to support native C/C++ and DirectX
Read More »Bleszinski: Current games are ‘too easy’
Epic games design director points to drawbacks of accessibility
Read More »Wii U ‘just as powerful as Xbox 360’
'CryEngine 3 runs beautifully on the Wii U', says Cevat Yerli
Read More »SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIAL: Top Tips
Rounding off our Social Media Special, James Batchelor asks industry experts how games firms can make the most of the world’s biggest social networks KEEP TALKINGOnce we’ve committed time and money building a community, it’s imperative we keep engaging – not just when it suits us, such as when DLC …
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