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A new Xbox magazine has emerged and it costs 99p an issue. One Gamer Interactive is a fortnightly magazine produced by Uncooked Media and will be available digitally. Gamers are allowed to get the first issue for free if they’re quick. It is available over the App Store, Kindle Good …
Read More »Indie action RPG Dust: An Elysian Tail clears 1m sales
Cartoony, XBLA RPG breaks one million sales across all platforms
Read More »‘PS4 defied expectations in Japan’
PS4 launched in Japan, but just how big was it? Marketing and consulting chief Ricky Tanimoto of video game giant Famitsu and Enterbrain explains all to MCV. PS4 has enjoyed a good start in Japan. Previous PlayStation consoles usually launch earlier in the Japanese market compared with other countries. But …
Read More »Thief is No.1 as three new games enter Top Ten
Square Enix has claimed its second UK No.1 of 2014 with Thief getting off to a chart-topping debut. The games dominates this week’s UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 and in the words of UKIE smashes” the week one numbers enjoyed by its predecessor Thief: Deadly Shadows in 2004. …
Read More »Microsoft unveils 65 new ID@Xbox developers
Microsoft has revealed it has signed on several dozen new developers for Xbox One ID@Xbox program. In a post on Xbox Wire, the company’s ID@Xbox director Chris Charla listed 65 new studios that have signed on to develop games for Xbox One through Microsoft’s self-publishing initiative. New partners include Castle …
Read More »Warehouse and Logistics Simulator gets zombie DLC
There’s a game called Warehouse and Logistics Simulator. And you can buy zombie DLC for it. United Independent Entertainment’s 11.99 game was released on Steam earlier this week and has now been joined by the 3.99 Hell’s Warehouse DLC. This is not going to be a typical shift at the …
Read More »Respawn confirms no 1080p for Titanfall on Xbox One
Just two weeks ahead of its March 14th release, Respawn is still unable or unwilling to confirm the display resolution for Titanfall on Xbox One. What has been ascertained, however, is that the game won’t hit 1080p on the system with Respawn’s Vince Zampella confirming on Twitter that rumours that …
Read More »Republicans propose increased dev taxes for violent games
A US tax reform bill from the House Ways and Means Committee has suggested increasing the tax burden for games developers making violent games. Washington Examiner reports that while the bill advocates an improved, permanent R&D tax credit, finally giving American manufacturers the certainty they need to compete against their …
Read More »Spend your time before lunch preparing your Develop Awards lobbying
It'll make the time pass faster and you could become a finalist for our 23 awards, including four new categories
Read More »How PS4 developers can interact with their players
SCEE's Agostino Simonetta discusses the console's networking and sharing capabilities
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