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'We want to create multiple hit games rather than aiming to succeed with just one powerful IP element'

Japanese post-processing effects tool powering Sony’s latest blockbuster

Internal development of cult classic Demon’s Souls was going severely wrong before lead designer Hidetaka Miyazaki took control of the project, it has been revealed. Demon’s Souls wasn’t doing well,” he told The Guardian. The project had problems and the team had been unable to create a compelling prototype. But …

First video analyses Capybara's Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Our third and final round-up of this year's categories

Konami has removed references to developer Hideo Kojima from another one of his studio’s projects, fuelling speculation that the team has been taken off the game. GameSpot reports that the Kojima Productions logo can no longer be found on the website for the upcoming Silent Hills, which was revealed as …

PS3 service taken down after seven years

Publisher continues shift to 'headquarters-based' organisation

Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian has released the first episode of her new series focusing on Positive Female Characters in games. The video, which can be seen below, focuses on 2011 title Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, which Sarkeesian cites as an example of a game that asserts the ability …

“The big thing is what we didn’t do,” says Cloud Imperium boss