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Intel Developer Blog: How the Intel RealSense SDK can be used to implement face, pose and expression detection in your game

Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V has now reached 45m unit sales, Take-Two has confirmed. Nearly 10m of those sales have come from the PS4 and Xbox One versions and the rest from sales on PS3 and Xbox 360. The PC version is currently scheduled to release next month following its …

The co-founder of Team 17 began her career in retail, working her way up to store promotional manager for an indie video games chain, where she opened over 100 concessions for the Burton Group. Today, she’s best know for her work for Team 17, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this …

A Filipino tournament for female League of Legends players has come under fire after issuing new rules restricting the number of LGBT players allowed per team. The organisers, Garena eSports – a subsidiary of the country’s internet platform provider and exclusive distributor of LoL in South-East Asia – made light …

Raspberry Pi is positioned to become the bestselling UK-made computer of all time, according to a new BBC report. Ahead of Raspberry Pi 2’s launch later this month, founder Ebon Upton tells BBC that lifetime sales for Raspberry Pi have reached 4.5m – just 500,000 shy of overtaking the ZX …

Sony’s streaming service PlayStation Now has added a handful of PlayStation 3 titles to its all-you-can-play lineup. According to an announcement post on the US PlayStation Blog, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, God of War II HD, Red Faction Armageddon, Arcana Heart 3 and Galaga Legions DX are available for subscribers …

Mojang has announced the return of its Minecraft fan convention MineCon for 2015, and London will play host. The recently acquired Microsoft studio reveals the event will take place July 4th and 5that the ExCeL London Exhibition and Conference Centre,with 10,000 tickets going on sale later this month in two …

Combined total development budgets exceed £54m

The director of Indigo Pearl tells MCV about working her way up the games career ladder Tell us about your career in games. How did you get started? I got started on the very bottom rung of the ladder – in fact, I’d even say that the floor under the …

Those wanting to get involved with Koei Tecmo’s upcoming Dead or Alive 5: Last Round are going to have a number of options – some of which depend on the console they own. First and foremost, while the game will launch both physically and digitally on PS4 and Xbox One …