Publishing

Veteran consultant and designer to evangelize console and boost conversion rates

The reworked HD version of Vita release Assassin’s Creed Liberation is set for a January launch on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. The Playstation US Blog confirmed the title would arrive for PlayStation 3 on January 14th, while a Steam pre-order page lists the PC version at $19.99 and pins …

Maxis’s city-building sim is being adopted into US classrooms, and aims to teach child about pollution and its knock-on effects

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Platform holder study finds 48 per cent of app makers first opened doors in the last five years

Some early in-engine footage of crowdfunding mega-success Star Citizen suggests that the game is going to be a graphical treat. The game recently hit $24m raised – money that is clearly helping creator Chris Roberts push the graphical envelope. The video is available in 4K resolution for those with the …

Frank Gibeau reveals the publisher has an app in production that will exchange data between home and mobile platforms

Is it exciting that you’re going to be able to use the PS4’s new DualShock 4 controller with your PS3? The internet seems to think so. As discovered in a Computer Spiele video below, the DualShock 4 seems to work on PS3 providing it’s plugged in. There are some caveats, …

Games arm of entertainment company to publish apps based on its properties as well as original titles

EA has gone live with its big TV ad for upcoming shooter Battlefield 4. It fuses gameplay footage with a narrator and is suitably loud and explosive. Yesterday MCV posted a load of short TV ads for Battlefield 4’s big rival Call of Duty: Ghosts – in fact, there’s another …