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Tech firm partnering with IGDA and Feminist Frequency for new initiative

The Special Edition of Majora’s Mask 3D in North America will be very different to the one released in Europe. The American SKU will include a figurine of in-game villain Skull Kid ad will retail for just $49.99. In Europe, meanwhile, players must be content with a pin badge, poster …

UK indie launches YouTube series for first-time developers

A new hardware add-on for PS4 allows users to install high-capacity larger 3.5-inch hard drives into their consoles. The Nyko Data Bank plugs into the left hand side of the console and, for the price of some aesthetically bulkier but still stylistically consistent heft, lets owners insert a hard drive …

But numerous barriers need to be overcome before full realism can be achieved, says AMD's Richard Huddy

As hardware advances, so the challenge of pushing game graphics increase. Develop speaks to the experts looking at the future of looking

Paul Hellquist joins Orcs Must Die dev as lead designer

Company acquires Alchemic Dream and Reverb Localização

Nintendo’s Wii U exclusive Bayonetta 2 has been named as the most accessible game of last year. It was selected for the AbleGamers’ Accessible Mainstream Game of the Year award due to excellence in accessible game design”. The gong is designed to recognise developers that make intentional choices to include …

Frozen may have beaten gaming in the UK’s 2014 entertainment sales war, but it was a different story on YouTube. Google has revealed that Minecraft was the video giant’s second most searched category behind ‘music’ in the US throughout 2014, beating terms such as ‘movies’, ‘Frozen’, ‘Beyonce’ and even the …