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Free-to-play creation suite Project Spark is now available in a $50 Year One Edition. The Xbox One and PC title was released last October, since when it has been downloaded nearly 3m times. This new SKU bundles nearly all of its premium content together and also includes three months Project …

Four new releases in the Japanese software Top Ten last week wasn’t enough to dethrone continued phenomenon and chart success Yokai Watch. The Busters spin-off of the massively popular franchise was number one for a third consecutive week, shifting over 118,500 units. That was despite new competition from Capcom’s Sengoku …

Nexon is partnering with EA to release a free-to-play version of Respawn’s Titanfall to Asia. Games Industry reports that Nexon, with whom EA already partners for FIFA Online, is in charge of developing the port, with Respawn collaborating on the efforts. "With its pilot vs titan gameplay, among other innovations, …

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