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Unity’s business is changing, and to support this the company has embarked on a mass recruitment drive. The company has long been one of the major go-to game engines in the industry. But arguably it hasn’t had the huge scale you might expect for the team behind such a widely-used …

Proposals for video game voice actors to strike have met with major support from members of SAG-AFTRA. The Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists announced it wasvoting on whether or not to strikelast month. The referendum has been a resounding success” with 96.52 per cent …

Game engine firm in mass recruitment drive to support changes in business

Remember ‘Antennagate’? Five years on Apple has sound itself facing a new, albeit somewhat less dramatic, controversy. A recent teardown of the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus discovered that not all models are equal. The A9 chip powering the devices is actually sourced from two different suppliers – Samsung …

Cloud Imperium CEO Chris Roberts speaks to Develop about the colossal expectations of one of the most expensive, technically challenging and ambitious games ever

Publishing policies” have been blamed for the decision to scrap the release of indie platformer Shovel Knight on Xbox One. With extremely heavy hearts, we’re sad to announce there will not be an Xbox One physical version this holiday,” developer Yacht Club said. We really gave it our best effort, …

YouTube has released its top ten trending” games from last month, with the chart showing Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and Super Mario Maker out in front for the period. Behind the pair, sports titles NBA 2K16 and FIFA 16 finished third and fourth respectively, though Madden 16 …

Kellee Santiago will step down as Ouya’s head of developer relations to join the Google Play Games team. Santiago confirmed the move onTwitter, stating that she’ll join Google’s studio in Mountain View, California. Her departure from Ouya followsRazer’s purchase of the microconsole makeralong with founder Julie Uhrman’s own exit. Santiago …

Sony will cut the price of its PS4 console in US and Canada starting tomorrow. The console will retail for $350 in the US and $430 in Canada beginning October 9th, a $50 price drop for each. The firm has highlighted several first and third-party hardware bundles as well, including …