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Rolocule Games today revealed its second Rolomotion title, Dance Party. Dance Party is a rhythm dance game, similar to Dance Central or Just Dance. The difference is that this game uses the studio’s Rolomotion tech that delivers motion-controlled gaming via iPhone and Apple TV. The game features local and asynchronous …

Frank Delise, director of game solutions at Autodesk, discusses the firm's ambitions following its Bitsquid acquisition

Leading tools firm development new 3D game engine to contend with the likes of Unreal and Unity

Bungie has been able to increase the resolution of Destiny on Xbox One thanks to the dropping of Kinect. Microsoft confirmed last week that its recent move to make Kinect non-mandatory means that developers will now have the option of utilising GPU resources that were formally reserved for the peripheral …

Nintendo may not be taking to the E3 stage this year but it will have a special Nintendo Direct tomorrow night. What should you expect? Zelda on Wii U, certainly, and most likely some Smash Bros. And some plastic NFC figures. Beyond that? We can’t wait to find out! So …

Sony will take to the stage in the early hours of tomorrow morning to showcase how it hopes to maintain PS4’s lead for the year ahead. The company dominated proceedings last year, but can it repeat the feat by capturing hearts and minds? That all depends on what surprises it …

Microsoft has the honour of getting us underway at E3 2014 later today. The platform holder has a big task ahead of it this year, with nightmares of E3 2013 still fresh in the mind. What surprises does it have in the bag to try and win back the faithful? …

As many as ten franchises may be made available for devs to base their games on

A year on from E3 2013 and perhaps the most surprising thing is that everything has panned out just as you might have expected. Admittedly, the extent of PS4’s sales lead is perhaps greater than you’d have thought, as is the extent of Microsoft’s policy U-turns. And arguably the extent …

Sony execs issue firm denial that game has been cancelled