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Finn and Jake have got their thumbs into yet another video gaming pie with the release of the Adventure Time Level Kit for PS4 and PS3 title LittleBigPlanet 3. The 3.99 kit includes 16 materials, four objects, 25 decorations and 81 stickers along with two original music tracks and three …

API can render 'six to 12 times more polygons' than what could be achieved on DX11

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An unlikely union of brands has arrived on iOS to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Tekken series. Available now on iOS and Android, Galaga: Tekken 20th Anniversary Edition takes the traditional shooter and replaces the ships with Tekken characters. It also offers some extra mechanics, such as the ability …

'Things are pretty tough for developers now and there are many reasons why a good game might get overlooked by the wider industry'

Batman, The Witcher, Metal Gear Solid, Splatoon: the next four months are full of major-label titles set to bring consumers flooding into stores. And that’s even without the shock announcements made at events like E3 and Gamescom. But it’s not just about the games; this summer will see players equipping …

Skylanders, Disney Infinity and Amiibo are the biggest accessory winners of 2015 so far, with all three franchises seeing major year-on-year growth. Data tracker GfK Chart-Track reports that Skylanders toys are up 44 per cent in units and 25 per cent in revenue for the year-to-date. Meanwhile, Disney Infinity is …

On paper, the concept for Australian developer Samurai Punk’s new multiplayer title is a simple one. Screencheat is a split-screen shooter where everyone is invisible and you have to screencheat,” explains director and artist Nicholas McDonnell. Yet, for those who didn’t grow up on a diet of Goldeneye, Timesplitters and …

Remember when every big summer movie would get an accompanying triple-A action console game? In the modern games industry, things are very different. Canadian mobile developer Ludia, whose previous titles include Jurassic Park Builder, has released Jurassic World: The Game on iOS. It’s a card battler, with players hatching and …

In August last year, Activision’s CEO Eric Hirshberg told investors that its upcoming shooter Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare was suffering from ‘an industry-wide downturn’ in pre-orders. Many commentators dismissed Hirshberg’s comments, insisting that Call of Duty’s problems were its own, not an ‘industry-wide’ issue. But in Hirshberg’s defence, leading …