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Crowd-funded microconsole Ouya continues to attract new developers – around 1,000 a month according to CEO Julie Uhrman. Speaking toPolygonat E3 last week, Uhrman said her company is working hard on encouraging studios to develop for the device, even expanding on its developer relations team. This department is now the …

'You know what would have been really awesome? Four women'

Developer support is second largest team at microconsole firm

Hopes for a PC port of Bungie’s upcoming shooter Destiny appear to be very much alive. "It is [a good fit], and it’s something we’re talking about and looking at very carefully, and obviously it makes a lot of sense with the genre and the type of game it is," …

Cut in subsidies effective immediately as of June 5th

Watch Dogs has held onto the top spot for the third week running in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. It does so with in spite of a 47 per cent decline in sales. But EA’s 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil is climbing up the charts, going from …

Wii U is currently battling it out for first place in the next-gen console war, according to Nintendo America boss Reggie Fils-Aime. The dirty little secret is if you look at life-to-date numbers, between Sony and Nintendo they’d be pretty close in terms of PS4 vs. Wii U, with Xbox …

Shares in company have fallen 21 per cent in the last six months

It very much sounds like a publishing business, but Fez creator Phil Fish has said it doesn’t want to describe it as such. Developer and Indie Game: The Movie star Fish famously quit game development last summer but is now making a return of sorts via the Polytron Partners program. …

Nintendo’s answer to Skylanders and Disney Infinity has been pictured in greater detail. As posted on NeoGaf, the Amiibo range includes characters such as Mario, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Link, Princess Peach, Pit, Fox McCloud, Kirby, Wii Fit Trainer and the Animal Crossing villager. Reports suggest the models are of …