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Hamburg firm has recruited 400 staff since start of the year

The appealing IllumiRoom tech demo shown off by Microsoft last year has expended into an even more technologically complicated beast. IllumiRoom sparked interest in January 2013 and used a combination of Kinect and projectors to expand a gaming environment beyond the confines of the TV screen to encompass an entire …

Daniel Dawkins, group editor-in-chief for games, tells MCV about Future Publishing’s major transition and the challenge of good journalism What are your main campaigns at the moment? We’re busy with the Golden Joysticks Awards, which move to a fantastic new venue this year, Indigo at 02. We’ve already broken a …

A car bomb threat was issued to the building that Gearbox Software, creator of the Borderlands series, is based in. Studio boss Randy Pitchfordtweeteda series of updates from the dev’s HQ in Piano, Texas. The police eventually gave the all clear, but did not give any more details of the …

Microsoft will ship DirectX 12 alongside Windows 10 in 2015, the computing firm has announced. The company has also revealed the latest version of its DirectX API will be supported by Unreal Engine 4.4. Developers in the Early Access program who subscribe to UE4 will also have access to the …

API gets Unreal Engine 4 support

A Kickstarter for a PlayStation Home-style virtual world on PS4 is now underway. It’s called Neotopia and has a number of developers that have previously worked on Sony’s surprisingly profitable PS3 venture, which is scheduled for termination next year. Features include customisable avatars and apartments, public spaces, voice and text …

Publisher DC Thomson is sponsoring this year’s Games Media Awards. The firm joins a strong line-up of organisations sponsoring the event, which celebrates and recognises those working in the games media. The GMAs are an excellent way to recognise industry talent and we’re delighted to be a sponsor,” DC Thomson …

Borderlands studio boss Randy Pitchford tweets photos of bomb disposal robot

Users can interact with virtual world in physical space