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The London Games Conference returns on Wednesday November 19th – with a clutch of high profile brands already involved. Sessions already confirmed come from Buzzfeed, Twitch, Gamer Network and Ubisoft – they will respectively draw on their experiences with social content, lifestreams and video, events and post-release customer service. Event …
Read More »Dovetail Games to revive Microsoft Flight Simulator technology
Licensing deal allows UK firm to develop new games based on series engine
Read More »Tony Hawk’s dev Neversoft closes doors
The closure of a studio is never something to celebrate, but at least the Neversoft team went out in a (quite literal) blaze of glory. The Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero developer was closed today and the team is being merged with Infinity Ward,as announced back in May. The new …
Read More »Blizzard makes inclusivity pledge for future titles
Mike Morhaime has apologized for his company’s previous dismissal of the importance of diversity in its games. We’re grateful to have such a diverse and passionate player base, and we want everyone to feel welcome, safe, and included in our games and communities,” the president and co-founder said in a …
Read More »Watch Dogs has shipped 8m units
Ubisoft has confirmed some highly impressive numbers for new IP Watch Dogs. The game has since its release in May seen 8m copies shipped to retailers worldwide. The free-roaming hacking fest became the fastest selling new IP ever in the UK back in June, having also become Ubisoft’s biggest ever …
Read More »Brazil games market slows, other Latin countries on the rise – Superdata
New research from Superdata shows that Brazil’s digital games market has cooled off, while other areas in Central and South America have picked up significantly. The organization’s report states that while Brazil is still considered the crown jewel” of the Latin America games market, countries like Mexico and Argentina are …
Read More »Nadella discusses Xbox’s importance to Microsoft…
… after not mentioning the brand until 2,054 words into his 3,119 word statement. Microsoft boss Satya Nadella has pledged to continue backing the Xbox business while also stating that it is not part of its core. Having discussed the importance of ambition, innovation, mobiles, cloud computing, PCs, services, the …
Read More »Develop Awards 2014: Unity wins Engine prize
Middleware outfit faces off strong competition from Unreal Engine, CryEngine, Project Anarchy and GameMaker
Read More »Develop Awards 2014: Lynne Kilpatrick honoured for Services to Video Games
Accolade recognises years of behind the scenes work to promote the game industry in government
Read More »Microsoft insists that every Xbox One can still be a dev kit
Plans remains in place for every Xbox One unit to have the facility of being transformed into a development station. Microsoft said way back in July that any Microsoft-authorized Xbox One unit can be converted into a debug console – the advantage to developers of course being the ability to …
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