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Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonobu Itagaki has said Devil’s Third’s scathing previews are due to previewers not being sufficiently skilled. The game has already being described as shaping up to be one of the worst games Nintendo has ever published” and a cruel joke” by Videogamer while …

Develop Award-winning studio State of Play on how it built an entire game out of paper and cardboard

The premier fighting game tournament of the year, Evo, drew more than 250,000 Twitch viewers to see Momochi win Ultra Street Fighter 4 last night. The three-day event broke multiple viewership records during previous finals, which saw Smash Bros. Melee becoming the most watched fighting game event with 206,839 viewers …

The world’s best known fighting game video game championships takes place in Las Vegas this weekend. The Evolution Championship Series 2015 will feature some of the biggest names in eSports fighting and a host of title including Ultra Street Fighter IV, Mortal Kombat X, Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3, Tekken …

Reinstated Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has outlined what he believes is a new future for Reddit where its most distasteful content is stamped out. Effectively it boils down to this: Users can say they don’t like something or someone, but they can’t incite action against others or harass them. As …

Ys Net RPG Shenmue 3 has claimed its third Kickstarter record. Funding for the title has now surpassed the $5,545,991 raised by Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, making it the most highly funded video game ever on the crowdfunding platform. In total Shenmue 3 has now raised $5,551,171 with 13 …

The creator of upcoming Wii U title Devil’s Third has said that the game should not be played using the console’s standard controller. Devil’s Third is already being described as shaping up to be one of the worst games Nintendo has ever published” and a cruel joke” by Videogamer while …

Virtual reality firm Oculus has acquired an Israeli company behind a 3D hand-sensing technology. Pebbles Interfaces can accurately model a user’s hands and integrate them and their movements in a 3D environment. The VR applications are quite obvious. The value of the deal has not been announced. At Pebbles Interfaces, …

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