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Sony Worldwide Studios holds the keys to the tech behind hit games such as The Last of Us and Killzone – and it has made them available to everyone

Nintendo’s debut foray into what it describes as the Quality of Life sector is a sleep sensor. Such tech has already been popularised by smartphone users, but CVG reports that Nintendo’s effort will use a bedside device that uses radio frequencies to monitor sleeping patterns before sending the data to …

Puzzles & Dragons firm also purchases major stake in US mobile game network PlayPhone

Devs can now stream as they work to show users how games are made

Feminist Frequency creator Anita Sarkeesian appeared on satirical US political show The Colbert Report last night. Host Stephen Colbert, himself a spoof of right-leaning political TV pundits, span out several lines mocking the misogynist side of the GamerGate argument including yes, there’s a traditional gamer lifestyle, God ordained that there …

Final departures see the end of Microsoft division dedicated to original programming

Rhythm and fitness games continue to be great crowd-pleasers, with a variety of accessible titles on offer to those looking to keep moving. MCVgets down to the beat. The fitness games market is fittingly in good shape. Wii Fit and Wii Fit Plus are the 22nd and 23rd best-selling games …

Sales and profits at Capcom dipped sharply during the last quarter, with a lack of major releases contributing to the negative results. The company posted revenues of $239.8m, a year-on-year decline of 51.3 per cent—while profits were down 39.9 per cent, coming in at $27.8m. Capcom saw revenues and profits …

Take-Two has once again beaten its quarterly predictions, and has revised its estimations for the fiscal year. The publisher’s revenue (GAAP) was $126.3m, a decline of 15 per cent compared to the same period last year. The firm’s net losses narrowed to $41.1m. In terms of non-GAAP, revenue grew to …

Japanese video game company Gungho Online Entertainment has brought in around $4.5m in revenue per day during the first nine months of 2014. Gamasutra reports on the astounding figure, adding that the firm has made $1.22bn in revenue and $680m in operating profits this year as well. Revenue is still …