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Platform holder Nintendo has shut down a Kickstarter campaign, claiming it made an unauthorised use of Nintendo’s copyrights.” The campaign aimed at funding a NES artbook launched by specialist publisher Bitmap Books. The NES/Famicom: A Visual Compendium Kickstarter projectwas only 24 hours from ending – and had already successfully raised …

The latest purchase of Swedish games firm Starbreeze is France’s ePawn, a company focused on virtual reality, augmented reality and toys-to-life. Starbreeze announced it has paid out €4.5m (3.8m) in total; €4m (3.3m) in shares, and another €1.5m (1.3m) in cash. For that figure, Starbreeze is also getting seven registered …

Nightdive Studios has announced it is in talks with Sony to bring System Shock to its PlayStation 4 console. In an update on the Kickstarter page, Stephen Kick, CEO of Nightdive Studios and Creative Director on System Shock, now says it could also launch on PS4: We’ve been listening to …

The CEO of Gran Turismo developer Polyphony has had some less than kind words to say about the PlayStation 3. In an interview with IGN, Kazunori Yamauchi said that development on Sony’s previous home console was incredibly difficult. This is a sentiment that was expressed a great deal during the …

After claiming that Activision’s accusations of theft were ‘erroneous’, CEO David Prassel has finally confessed that his company indeed stole assets from Call of Duty. Trek Industries’ sci-fi shooter Orion was pulled from Steam earlier this week, following a complaint filled by Activision over weapons assets oddly similar to those …

Business manager for the recruitment specialist Liz Prince looks back on the firm's 16 years in the industry - and predicts what might lie ahead for those seeking a career in development in the future

Nintendo needs to set its sights on the under 12 kids market in to make the NX a hit. That’s according to research firm DFC Intelligence, who says that children under the age of 12 have been ‘largely ignored’ by Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One. The outfit says …

Co-producer of Street Fighter V, Star Citizen, Paragon and BioShock Infinite is now home to over 160 staff

VR tutorial resource, Unreal dev channel and VR sculpting tools join ‘conventional’ games in recipients of funding

August event in Assembly Rooms to include heavy focus on VR, workshops and talks