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The Gamescom numbers defied the experience somewhat. There were 345,000 visitors to the show, which is 10,000 up on last year’s figure. There were 806 companies, a rise of 14 per cent, and 33,200 trade visitors, a more modest increase of five per cent. But try telling that to the …

The Dare to be Digital 2015 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title From The Verge to the Void

You only have until the end of tomorrow (Friday, August 14th) to put forward your nominations for this year’s Games Media Awards. The event returns on October 14th and marks the ninth annual outing of the always-talked-about event which champions the best in games editorial. After a successful revamp last …

Nintendo’s UK office has made a number of promotions. Parham Shibaie rises to head of operations for the UK and Ireland, and will be reporting directly to UK GM Simon Kemp. Shibaie joined Nintendo in 2006 as a finance and trade analyst, before being promoted to customer services manager in …

New software works across OS X and Windows for replaces previous, separate versions

The Dare to be Digital 2015 team talks to Develop about working on their entry title A Dance of Fire and Ice

“It’s done, there is no way back. We tried, we failed.”

Microsoft won’t use the word ‘relaunch’ but that’s essentially what it has done with Xbox One. It has already cut the price, redesigned the controller and, come November, it will have introduced a new user interface and backwards compatibility, too. Outside of its casing, the Xbox One that gamers will …

Studio Wildcard discusses the difficulties of creating scientifically accurate dinos

VR giant Oculus says that augmented reality has failed to capture the mass-market so far. Speaking to MCV, CEO Brendan Iribe said that the reaction from consumers to AR tech such as Microsoft’s HoloLens has been ‘ok’, but that this could change in an instant. It’s one thing to make …