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Stig Asmussen departs after 11 years at the studio

The 2014 Worst Company in America tournament is under way and EA is once again in the running. Were it to ‘triumph’ it would be the third year in succession that the FIFA and Battlefield publisher has claimed the title. Its rivals include Time Warner Cable, Facebook, Yahoo, Comcast, SallieMae, …

GDC 2014: New publishing division will be run by its newly acquired studio Chunky Pig

Jaime Griesemer confirms departure

GDC 2014: Crowdfunded RPG to be released by the end of the year

GDC 2014: UK start-up hires former Massive developer, and continues recruitment push at GDC this week

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UK shoppers can from today officially get their hands on the Google Chromecast. It works by plugging into the HDMI slot in your HD TV and streaming video content from either a PC running Chrome or an Android or iOS device. It doesn’t ship with a remote and is instead …

Virtual reality is coming to PS4. Sony at GDC overnight revealed its much-rumoured virtual reality headset, which for the time being is codenamed Project Morpheus. The unit, which works with PS4, displays in 1080p, has a 90-degree field of view and boasts full 360 degree head tracking. It uses the …

The developer of Dark Souls has at last responded to concerns about the visuals offered by the game’s retail release. Consumers last week launched a campaign aimed at both developer From Software and publisher Namco Bandai, alleging that the graphics on offer in the shipped retail version of the game …