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A second dev has called on Sony to take the plunge and open up the PlayStation Network for cross platform multiplayer with Xbox Live. Yesterday Rocket League developer Psyonix said it was ready to go and merely needed the OK from Sony to make such a thing a reality. Now …
Read More »Man arrested for telling Blizzard he will ‘pay them a visit with an AK47’
A Californian man was arrested last week for sending death threats to Hearthstone, Overwatch and World of Warcraft firm Blizzard. The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California has published a press release, explaining that 28-year old Stephen Cebula had sent messages to Blizzard at the beginning of …
Read More »Marco Reus is this year’s FIFA cover star
The fans of EA’s FIFA series have spoken – Borussia Dortmund’sMarco Reus will be the face of this year’s entry in the franchise. The German player beat three other competitors in a fan vote to decide FIFA 17’s cover star – James Rodriguez ofReal Madrid C.F.,Anthony Martial of Manchester United, …
Read More »Cross platform PS4/Xbox Rocket League play is ready and waiting for Sony nod
Rocket League could allow PS4 and Xbox One owners to compete with one another within a few hours” if Sony would give it the go-ahead. That’s according to Psyonix VP Jeremy Dunham, who has told IGN that all the necessary back end infrastructure is in place. "Right now we’re literally …
Read More »UK Games Tax Relief expenditure nears £500m
135 claims made since launch in April 2014, with £45 million paid out during 2015/16
Read More »Xbox hardware sales down by a third
Are people holding out for the release of the Xbox One S and Xbox Scorpio? Quite possibly. Microsoft’s latest financials reveal that Xbox hardware revenue sales are down 33 per cent year-on-year for the three months ending June. There are lots of factors to consider here. For one, the discontinuation …
Read More »EA opens doors to Girls Who Code for second year
20 10th- and 11th-grade students will be taught to program in Scratch and Python, as well as learning AI and UX design
Read More »Creating shots and takes with Unreal Engine’s Sequencer
The Epic Games talk devs through its new Sequencer cinematics tool, which is used for many of the company's game trailers
Read More »Legal challenges for devs in the augmented reality space
Reed Smith's Gregor Pryor and Kate Brimsted talk devs through some of the potential issues they may face when using AR in their games
Read More »CD Projekt Red: Don’t punish pirates, win them over
The Witcher III dev explains why it “believes in the carrot, not the stick” when it comes to game piracy
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