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Aside from the widespread issues affecting the console versions of Assassin’s Creed: Unity, the PC version is also being hit by apparent performance concerns. Ubisoft has said that those running either an AMD processor and graphics card are having trouble sustaining decent framerates at decent settings. There have also been …

$85,000 needed to complete autobiographical title, Ouya exclusivity dropped

Social games publisher Big Fish Games has been acquired for $485m by US company Churchill Downs. The Kentucky-based firm deals in horse-racing and casinos, with its acquisition of Big Fish expected to be complete by the end of the year. Games Industry reports that in addition to the $485m, Churchill …

Software development kit includes integration with Unity 4.5

Oculus VP of mobile Max Cohen tells Develop how it's helping devs prepare for VR on smartphones

Deal with Kentucky-based Churchill Downs could be valued at up to $885m

PlayStation platform holder Sony is targeting the cable TV market with a new video on demand service. Interesting, PlayStation Vue will not be a PlayStation-only product, with an iPad version already in development alongside the PS4 and PS3 releases. It will launch with around 75 channels in the US including …

Assassin's Creed creator reveals first project since leaving Ubisoft

Bandai Namco has reported an increase in income and sales for the company’s first half of fiscal 2015. For the period between April 1st and September 30th 2014, net income was up 8.5 per cent year-on-year to $184,000, while net sales reached $2.2m – a 13.5 per cent increase compared …