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Controversial Ouya title Gridiron Thunder will be released on September 30th, its developer has claimed. Gridiron was one of two games hoping to secure Ouya’s Free The Games Fund cash that attracted suspicion after allegations of improper conduct. The other, Elementary My Dear Holmes, saw its Kickstarter campaign suspended. The …
Read More »Gran Turismo 6 "about 80% done"; GT7 "a year or two" away
PS3 racer Gran Turismo 6 is due out on December 6th. And it’s about 80 per cent completed. Should that be a cause for concern, considering Polyphony’s less than stellar track record in hitting release dates? The basic components are already complete, so overall I’d have to say about 80 …
Read More »Candy Crush Saga drops on Korea
King's sensationally popular game heads to mobile messenger based SNS Kakao Talk platform
Read More »Analyst predicts 36m PS4 sales and 30m Xbox One sales by 2018
Futuresource Consulting has predicted that PS4 will enjoy a decent sales advantage over Xbox One over the next five years. It reckons that PS4 will have sold 36m units by 2018 with Xbox One having shifted just 30m units – although it expects both machines to fall short of their …
Read More »Microsoft developing Siri-rival called Cortana
Al character Cortana from the Halo series is to lend itself to a new Siri-rivalling tech from Microsoft. That’s according to ZDnet, which has collated a number of hints and leaks from across the internet to arrive at the claim. The tech can apparently learn and adapt, relying on machine-learning …
Read More »Dr Ray Muzyka to Keynote MIGS
BioWare co-founder to tackle best practices in leadership
Read More »PlayStation Europe boss on PS4, rescuing Vita and Sony’s relationship with EA
There’s something quite refreshing about the executives at Sony. They haven’t had their personalities media trained out of them. They will give you a straight answer (most of the time). They do appear nervous on stage in front of thousands of journalists. They are more than happy to mock their …
Read More »Blitz Games Studios ceases trading after 23 years
175 jobs have today been lost following the sad news that UK development stalwart Blitz Games has ceased trading. The company, which houses a number of divisions, was founded by the Oliver twins Andrew and Philip in 1990. In slightly better news, two of the studio’s current projects are said …
Read More »Ex-Epic president Mike Capps joins Remedy’s board
New hires made to strengthen Remedy's board during industry transition
Read More »Charity opens facility to help disabled gamers
AbleGamers Lab helps special needs gamers pursue their hobby
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