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How to use The Game Creators' new tool aimed at hobbyists and smaller commercially-minded studios

A series of quick guides to starting a Spriter project from scratch

EA anticipates 22m Xbox One and PS4 consoles will be sold during 2015. To date, thePS4 has sold 22.3m unitsworldwide, with2m of those sales in the UK. As of November 2014, Microsoft announced it had shipped 10m Xbox One consoles globally. According to EA, 27 million new-gen consoles had been …

Sony will not host a press conference at this year’s Gamescom. GameSpot reports that the platform holder will instead host a press briefing at Paris Games Week in October. We’re delighted to announce that we will be hosting an international media briefing at Paris Games Week on 27th October,” the …

Dave Luehmann joins Dallas studio as VP of production

A lawsuit alleging that Sony misrepresented PS4 shooter Killzone: Shadow Fall has been dismissed. Courthouse News reports that the motion has been dismissed with prejudice”, meaning that further action on the issue cannot be taken. It seems that plaintiff Douglas Ladore and Sony settled out of court, the terms of …

Nintendo dispels myths and mysteries about its digital games platform on May 14th

The resurrection of ‘90s virtual pet simulator Tamagotchi in the form of an app for Apple Watch has seen it shoot to number one in the paid App Store charts. Bandai Namco originally reintroduced the Japanese toy craze to iOS back in 2013. Last week, however, saw the mobile reincarnation …

The mobile game that started it all is getting a touchscreen makeover from its original creator. For many 1997’s Snake, which came pre-installed on many Nokia’s in the late ‘90s, was their first taste of gaming on the move. The Guardian reports that Taneli Armanto, who worked at Nokia for …

Virtual reality headset finally set to ship to the public