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Seven Summits Studio’s ambient game, Petite, is set for release in June for Windows 8. Petite was created by Asar Dhandala as an entry for Microsoft’s Dev Camps, for which the prototype was created within 12 hours. It was selected as the best game in that competition, following which it …

PlayStation platform holder Sony has sold off the 9.5m shares it held in Square Enix. CVG reports that prior to the sale Sony was Square’s third largest shareholder. It had owned the stake for over ten years. Interestingly, despite having a value of around $157m, Sony sold off the stock …

Softtalkblog wonders how we will interact with the home appliances of the future and what Intel's tech can do to assist with your own products

Ted Timmins spent more than seven years at the Guildford studio and worked on the original Fable

Acclaimed video games composer and Halo score creator Marty O’Donnell says he has been sacked by Bungie. I’m saddened to say that Bungie’s board of directors terminated me without cause on April 11, 2014,” he said on Twitter. The news was then confirmed in a Bungie statement that read: For …

Sucker Punch game director Nate Fox tells Develop how the PS4 enabled the studio to realise its ambitious concept

The 4K revolution may be some way off, but Sony has revealed a range of devices that it hopes places it at the forefront of the technology. The company has revealed a new 4K Ultra HD Media Player that can stream, download and store 4K video content on its 1TB …

A new insight into the digital lives of Steam users has revealed a host of fascinating data, not least of which is the number of games left untouched by owners. Ars Technica‘s detailed insight into Valve’s service, the technicals of which are outlined in detail in its report, show that …

Falmouth University in Cornwall is offering an entry point into the digital creative industries with a difference. A new course, the Alacrity Falmouth programme, which begins in May 2014, focused on entrepreneurship is its answer to kick-starting a new wave of video game start-ups in the UK. “The aims of …

A custom 3D interface is the USP that Amazon hopes will distinguish its upcoming entry into the smartphone market. BGR reports that the device houses a total of six cameras, four of which are infrared and found on the front of the device, with one in each corner. These track …