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Development tech also adds new physically based shading render pipeline

Having been defeated by Apple in more or less aspect of its business, Blackberry has decided to mock its rival over the iPhone’s battery life. Yahoo reports that chief executive John Chen told conference attendees that he calls [iPhone owners] wall huggers” due to their need to stay near a …

Southpaw-created program available from early April

PS3’s virtual world app PlayStation Home is to shortly be updated with Trophy support. The often-forgotten social network will on Wednesday (March 12th) be patched to version v1.86, according to PlayStation Europe community manager Chris Owen, allowing users to earn Trophies for an unspecified array of activities. The Trophies will …

PlayStation UK MD Fergal Gara tells MCV why the platform holder will never give up on its portable console, and where it goes next… Many of the exciting games announced for Vita are indie projects. Do you think the console is lacking a big triple-A product this year? Well, there …

The Game Developers Conference is upon us once more, and Develop has compiled a comprehensive guide to help you on your way

OnLive says its new business model will finally convince gamers that cloud gaming can work. But analysts remain sceptical that fans will want to spend money on the new-look service. OnLive says its original business model, where games could buy a virtual version of their title and have it streamed …

Never one afraid of pushing technological boundaries, developer Polyphony Digital has added multi-monitor support to Gran Turismo 6. The support comes as part of the game’s 1.05 patch and can be implemented in the display options menu. Other additions include alterations to the menus, extra filtering options in the car …

Korean VC body that bought a majority stake in GungHo and Supercell invests in new ‘cross-screen’ development studio

Jade Raymond wants to see mobile-specific franchises from publisher