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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 …

Previous release doesn't justify work of port, says Criterion creative director

Valve's long game could lead consoles to a more 'enlightened path'

Sony has responded to the inevitably poor consumer reaction to its recent announcement that the PlayStation 4 will cost the equivalent of nearly $2k when it launches in Brazil. Polygon reports on a translated PlayStation Brazil blog posted by Sony Latin America general manager Mark Stanley, who details why the …