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Having suggested several times that it was no longer enforcing its indie game release parity policy, Xbox boss Phil Spencer has more or less confirmed its demise. The company had previously required that indie games released for Xbox One arrive either at the same time or ahead of other platforms. …

Former Dead Island 2 development division on the brink, but Yager as a whole is safe for now

Nintendo posts best Q1 since 2012

Yager Productions is filing for insolvency, reports claim. Games Industry says that the sub-division of the German studio established to develop Dead Island 2 is soon to be no more. This follows Deep Silver’s decision to drop the developer form the game earlier this month. "As single-purpose company, Yager Productions …

Analysing and optimising game performance in Unity

Owners of older versions of the 3DS will be able to use Amiibos with their systems this autumn. Nintendo’s NFC Reader/Writer accessory will be released in Europe on October 2nd. It will arrive slightly earlier in the US on September 25th. While the New 3DS and New 3DS XL comes …

James Batchelor look at how Marmalade has worked with Microsoft to introduce Windows 10 support to its popular tools

New European HQ to work on mobile titles for Western markets

San Francisco studio cuts an unspecified number of jobs

Indie developers who were part of Ouya’s Free the Games program will not be left out of pocket following the company’s acquisition by Razor. That’s according to CEO Min Liang-Tan, who has told Polygon that resolving the issue was made a priority at the company the moment it was unearthed. …