The console version of cult PC racing sim Assetto Corsa has been delayed beyond its April release date. Publisher 505 Games has now said the game will arrive on June 3rd, saying that additional development time [has been] allowed to ensure the console release delivers the most polished experience for …
Read More »Activision completes $5.9bn King acquisition
Call of Duty publisher claims it is now "the largest game network in the world"
Read More »Bethesda: We use internal game jams to create Fallout and Elder Scrolls DLC
'When we've finished our vertical slice preproduction build, we do one for a week then. We do another at the end, which is focused on mining ideas for DLC.'
Read More »Bill Gates sides with FBI in Apple hack debate
Former Microsoft boss Bill Gates has potentially isolated himself from his tech contemporaries by saying that Apple should abide by a government ruling forcing it to share encrypted data. This is a specific case where the government is asking for access to information. They are not asking for some general …
Read More »6.4 million people played The Division beta
Ubisoft has revealed that the beta for its new online shooter IP The Division was played by a record-breaking 6.4 million gamers. It is the biggest beta for a new IP on ‘current generation platforms’. That’s PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to you and me. In doing so it beats …
Read More »Warren Spector: ‘Triple-A development is stagnant – thank god for indies’
Deus Ex creator highlights character AI and emergent storytelling as the trends that will push game creation forwards
Read More »Microsoft vows that HoloLens will not suffer Kinect’s fate
A full version of HoloLens will launch ‘when the world is ready’, to avoid the fate suffered by Kinect, Microsoft has said. If a consumer bought it today, they would have 12 things to do with it,” creator Alex Kipmanexplained (viaRecode). And they would say: ‘Cool, I bought a $3,000 …
Read More »VIDEO: Unreal shows Vulkan API running on Samsung Galaxy S7
New ProtoStar demo unveiled at Mobile World Congress, is first app to use follow-up to OpenGL
Read More »Co-creator of Amiga 1000, Atari Lynx and 3DO, Dave Needle, passes away
Former 3DO vice president helped engineer custom chips for Amiga computer released in 1985
Read More »BioShock: The Collection resurfaces on Brazilian ratings board
An HD compilation of the BioShock franchise has popped up again. This time it has appeared on the Brazilian Advisory Rating Board– the nation’s age rating programme – for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (credit for the spot goes to Gematsu). BioShock: The Collection was …
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