Publishing

Four popular development tools have been opened up for those hoping to develop indie titles for PS4, PS3 and Vita. Develop reports that GameMaker: Studio and MonoGame will both be updated to include tools needed for exporting titles to PS4 for licensed Sony Computer Entertainment developers. In addition, developers are …

Punishing bad behaviour gets results. But basic psychology suggests that rewarding good behaviour will achieve more. Microsoft is looking to follow this mantra by rewarding players contribute positively” via their Xbox Live interactions, Polygon reports, as confirmed by development head Frank Savage yesterday confirmed at a GDC talk. Although the …

Electronic Arts will publish a Titanfall sequel that will likely see release on both Xbox One and PS4, according to multiple reports. GameSpot reports on EA scoring the publishing deal, while Polygon’s sources have added the juicy bit that the IP will no longer be a Microsoft exclusive – the …

A pair of Assassin’s Creed titles are in development for release later this year, according to a new report accompanied by a leaked batch of alleged screenshots. Kotaku’s report cities a number of sources,” including one anonymous individual that provided multiple screenshots of what’s been internally titled Assassin’s Creed: Unity. …

Another game that had been successfully Kickstarted has undergone a significant downsizing and possible cancellation. Jay Pavlina raised $53,509 on Kickstarter for Super Action Squad in July 2012. Now, nearly two years later, the developer has come out and admitted that the game people paid for is unlikely to be …

Sony has detailed some significant new functionality being added to its Share button. An update coming soon” to PS4 will, as stated on the PlayStation blog, add the following: A rich video editor with a simple tool to personalise your video clips The ability to export to and save the …

The number of games outputting at 1080p on Xbox One should increase as time progresses. That’s according to Xbox director of development Boyd Multerer, who told OXM that: "I fully expect that to happen. The [graphics processing units] are really complicated beasts this time around." "The hardware is basically baked, …

Activision has announced that all Guitar Hero, DJ Hero and Band Hero DLC is to be taken offline later this month. Fans have until March 31st to get their hands on downloadable content for the music titles, as well as the Guitar Hero mobile game. Players need not worry though …

Developer brought in $128m during 2013

Stig Asmussen departs after 11 years at the studio