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The push away from traditional core gaming to more social-focused titles was the reason for Koji Igarashi’s decision to quit Konami. The Castlevania producer announced his departure on Monday. "The more hardcore the game the less suitable it is for the casual market," Igarashi told Polygon at GDC. "Unfortunately, I’m …

Lucas Pope sweeps up Excellence in Narrative and Design awards and takes home $30,000

Former Timelord and Scottish thesp David Tennant has been revealed as the narrator of upcoming Xbox One title Kinect Sports Rivals. It’s the first game that the actor has done voice over work for, not least because the BBC’s Doctor Who video games drive arrived in the post-Tennant Matt Smith …

Hashstash Studios is set to release an elections-themed spin-off of Circulets, titled Circulets: Lok Sabha. Circulets is a table-top same-screen multiplayer game that was released last year for iOS and Android. It tasks players at opposite ends of the device with pulling circles, or circulets, towards them to earn points. …

Virtual reality hardware will need to hit the seven figure sales milestone before it becomes a realistic proposition for triple-A publishers. That’s according to Ubisoft’s VP of creative Lionel Raynaud, who as reported by GameSpot told a GDC roundtable that "VR would need to sell at least 1 million units …

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The PC version of Titanfall will at some stage be adding 4K resolution support to the mix. Respawn has been working with Nvidia to add-in support for some Nvidia GameWorks features into the game. As well as 4K display support and increased SLI compatibility, future patches will also add temporal …

MCV’s bumper-sized directory of key UK games agencies and services returns in July. Now called Game Source, it will be published as a book with a print-run of 25,000 and available as a free digital book on iPad and in-browser, it will also be distributed at key events around the …

Punishing bad behaviour gets results. But basic psychology suggests that rewarding good behaviour will achieve more. Microsoft is looking to follow this mantra by rewarding players contribute positively” via their Xbox Live interactions, Polygon reports, as confirmed by development head Frank Savage yesterday confirmed at a GDC talk. Although the …

GDC 2014: Indie devs to be given access to CryEngine for $10 per month, royalty-free