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Microsoft’s decision to remove Kinect from the Xbox One bundle has destroyed any possibility for developers to make games that realise the potential of the motion-sensing camera. That’s according to Zumba Fitness developer and UK studio Zo Mode, whose studio head Paul Mottram said: "We’ve been closely involved with Microsoft …

Developers admit budgets are increasing on PS4 and Xbox One, but efficient middleware could stop it spiraling out of control

Recent changes to Xbox Live have not liberated Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls Online from its Xbox Live Gold requirement. As part of its Kinect announcement yesterday Microsoft also confirmed rumours that video streaming apps such as Netflix will now be made available to all, regardless of whether they subscribe to …

Sales of Nintendo’s handheld continue to grow in Japan as the console takes hold of the Top Ten, according to Japanese sales data from Famitsu. Of the Top Ten games for the week ending May 11th, seven are for 3DS. The total number of 3DS consoles sold jumped by 4,000 …

Zoë Mode says Kinect-less Xbox One is "a shame" while David Braben reminds devs that there is still an audience

Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog offers tutorials for those experimenting with the Internet of Things

Indian indie developer Pyrodactyl will release its adventure RPG, Unrest, via Steam on 26th June. Unrest is the product of a successful Kickstarter campaign, and aside from Steam, the game is also currently available for preorder via the developer’s website. The DRM-free version is priced $15, while the Special Edition, …

Microsoft may have bowed to market pressures and cut Kinect from Xbox One, but it hasn’t given up its Kinect charm offensive. Even now the company is still refusing to acknowledge the camera’s unpopularity and is instead insisting that the 349 Kinect-free SKU is still just the first step in …

Microsoft decision to slash the price of Xbox One by dropping Kinect could propel the console to the front of the American next-gen race. IDC had previously predicted that Xbox One would take the lead in the territory by 2016 but now the firm reckons this will happen in 2015 …

Executive producer Michael Krach tells us how the developer survived financial meltdown and what's changed since Koch Media's acquisition