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Kinect is not dead. That’s the message from Microsoft, despite the fact the peripheral was not mentioned once in its Xbox E3 press conference earlier this week. We are absolutely continuing to support Kinect," Xbox’s Aaron Greenberg told GameSpot. We’re continuing to support Kinect where it makes sense [and] innovating …

Virtual reality’s social credentials may remain a source of debate, but it sounds like the industry sprouting up around is quite the happy family. Sony studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told Polygon that, as has been hinted at before, the major players in the VR sector have been giving each …

Epic's Alan Noon continues his UE4 tutorial of creating sprites, basic movements and a simple UI

Fallout 4 developer Bethesda admits that its upcoming RPG could have looked better – but only at great cost to the gameplay. Some observers have questioned the visual fidelity of the recently revealed Fallout 4, arguing that its character models in particular fall short of the standards laid down by …

‘Mechanical apartheid’ was one of the terms that cropped up in the E3 2015 promotion of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, causing corners of the internet to erupt in anger. Some were clearly unhappy that a specific period of brutal human suffering could be used in a manner perceivably similar to …

Bigpoint’s Shawn Lord on how you can bag that career leap

Senior recruiter Carrie Barcroft on what the company looks for in prospective candidates

New version of The Foundry’s art tool adds ‘Pins’ to its infinite canvas

Sony plans to slash the high cost of the PS4 in Brazil by partnering with a local manufacturer to build consoles for the region. As reported by IGN Brazil, Flextronics will assemble PS4s in the Manaus Free Trade Zone. It is hoped this will reduce the price of the console …

The senior manager of marketing in Nintendo of America’s licensing department has urged the company’s fans to be a bit more adventurous with the digital content they buy. "It seems like a lot of the Nintendo fans and consumers they gravitate towards nostalgia, they gravitate towards platformer and puzzle action …