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Develop looks at the charity's support for smaller studios and its new contest for Welsh indies
Read More »Coming to Hamburg: Emigrating for a job in games
Alison Simpson explains how she went from player to community manager at a German studio
Read More »The Mark of greatness: Profiling Mark Cerny, the man who made the PS4
He built arcade classic Marble Madness. He produced Sonic 2. He brought Crash and Spyro to market. Oh, and his PS4 design reignited passions for Sony. MCV meets Mark Cerny These days Mark Cerny doesn’t get booed. Whether he is unveiling Sony’s next-gen console in New York, or recounting his …
Read More »Xbox One games can be played while downloading
Updates will reportedly install smoothly in the background
Read More »Download whilst you play with Xbox One, confirms Microsoft
Xbox One users will be able to simultaneously download content whilst playing games. A Microsoft representative confirmed the news to Polygon. It means Xbox One users will be able to download content from Xbox Live without interrupting their gameplay. When unveiling the Xbox One back in May, Microsoft stated that …
Read More »THQ bankruptcy case closed, liquidation approved
The bankruptcy of defunct publisher THQ has come to an end now that a liquidation plan has been approach. US bankruptcy judge Mary F. Walrath approved of the plan, which will pay creditors using the proceeds from sales of THQ’s IP, games and assets, according to Bloomberg. THQ’s properties, such …
Read More »Report: Apple in talks to buy Kinect sensor manufacturer Primesense
The technology company that provided Microsoft with the original Kinect sensor is reportedly being courted by a pair of rival companies. VentureBeat translates a report from Israeli outlet Cacalist, which states Apple, Sony and Samsung have met with manufacturer PrimeSense regarding the acquisition of tech similar to that of the …
Read More »Mobile and PC are platforms of choice for European devs
Next generation consoles met with lukewarm reception from game creators
Read More »Bethesda’s New Order: Pete Hines on Elder Scrolls, The Evil Within, Wolfenstein and the next generation
When Xbox 360 and PS3 launched Bethesda had a single development studio. Now it has seven, all working on next-generation video games. Christopher Dring speaks to Bethesda marketing VP Pete Hines on the publisher’s three next-gen blockbusters – Wolfenstein: The New Order, The Elder Scrolls Online and The Evil Within Why …
Read More »Rabbids TV show premieres next month in the US
Ubisoft’s Rabbids Invasion cartoon series will debut in the US on Saturday, August 3rd. The first episode will premiere on Nickelodeon at 11.30am ET/PT, according to the Ubisoft blog. The series will run for 26 half-hour episodes, each of which will feature three short stories based around the Rabbids. The …
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