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New release aims to make 3D content creation workflows easier and includes specific update for game creators

The man who famously ‘fixed’ the troubled PC version of Dark Souls surprised the gaming world last night by debuting a new program alongside Dark Souls II. Durante last night launched GeDoSaTo (Generic Downsampling Tool), a tool designed to facilitate, amongst other things, downsampling – that’s the process of rendering …

Revenues grow across computing firm as devices and consumer hardware division generates nearly $2bn in revenue

Bandai Namco’s free-to-play Soulcalibur game has endured a disastrous start to life. CVG reports that an unspecified technical issue” has left Soulcalibur: Lost Swords virtually unplayable for a significant portion of players following its release on PSN in America this week. "There is currently a technical issue that has delayed …

Spil Games CEO Erik Goossens tells Develop how HTML5 is helping developers conquer an increasingly fragmented games market

Microsoft has said that it sold 1.2m Xbox One consoles in the quarter ending March 31st. The platform holder hasn’t said how many consoles it has sold in total. In January when it said it had shipped 3.9m Xbox Ones and then last week it said that number had climbed …

Virtuix has announced it has completed a $3m round of seed invesement for its successful Kickstarter VR treadmill project, Omni. Games Industry reports the company announced today that the funding is being led by Tekton Ventures and Maveron, with contributions coming from Scentan Ventures, Radical Investments, Scout Ventures, StartCaps Ventures, …

Mojang’s private-server service Minecraft Realms is now available in North America, the studio announced earlier today. The Minecraft service offers players the option to buy a premium subscription for Mojang to host a private server for friends, families, and other small groups. Subscriptions cost $13 per month, and provide 24/7 …

GameStop plans to increase its focus on gaming-adjacent” fields while phasing out its reliance on video games, CEO Paul Raines has announced. Games Industry reports on what Raines dubs as GameStop 3.0,” which will see the closing of 120-130 retail locations. The company will instead open between 200 and 250 …