Xbox 360’s Kinect camera was identified by British spy agency GCHQ as a possible tool for snooping on the public. As part of new documents revealing that webcam images of Yahoo users have been captured by governments, The Guardian also reveals that one of GCHQ’s presentations discusses with interest the …
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Alan Boswell Group announced as sponsors at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
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Games Growth Summit, the games industry’s essential commercial conference, takes place in 3 we…
[Industry news] Manchester Games Network launches
Manchester Games Network, a new business organisation, launches today to strengthen Greater Manchest…
Keywords Studios announced as sponsors of the Major Publisher of the Year Award at MCV/DEVELOP Awards
Keywords Studios has been announced as the sponsor of the Major Publisher of the Year Award at the M…
MCV/DEVELOP Awards Finalists announced
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Dark Souls II pre-orders 50% up over original
Namco Bandai has revealed pre-orders for Dark Souls II are 50 per cent up on its predecessor. And this is before the publisher’s main ad campaign kicks in. The firm has put a massive 1m into marketing the game to a mainstream audience. We have everything going for Dark Souls …
Read More »Dev says gay triple-A protagonist unlikely for ‘a while’
Fears of a negative sales impact mean that it’s likely to be some time before a triple-A game is released featuring an openly gay character. That’s according to Ubisoft Montreal’s lead writer Lucien Soulban. So when are we going to see that gay protagonist in a triple-A game? Not for …
Read More »Starbreeze generates £8.4m profit in last six months
Payday 2 performs strongly to generate profits after accumulated company losses of £8.8m in previous 15 years
Read More »Payday 2 getting two more years of content as Brothers finally hits profit
Starbreeze has revealed the extent of its remarkable turnaround. Joystiq reports that the studio’s CEO Bo Andersson-Klint has revealed that between 1998 and 2013 the developer incurred a loss of KR 94m ($14.43m). In its last two quarters it has, thanks to the introduction of a new business model and …
Read More »‘Twitch could become a games platform in its own right’
Streaming specialist Twitch says it could become a new platform for games developers following the incredible reaction to ‘Twitch Plays Pokmon’. The social experiment has seen tens of millions of gamers tune into Twitch to play a single game of Pokmon Red. To play, users simply enter the command they …
Read More »Get That Job: How to be an audio programmer
Supermassive’s Dave Shillito discusses the key skills needed for his role in sound design
Read More »65 new developers join ID@Xbox
BetaDwarf, Brain in a Jar, Four Door Lemon, No Goblin and Spry Fox sign up to develop games for Xbox One
Read More »European Union cracking down on free-to-play
Game industry told to commit to providing solutions 'within a clear timeframe so as to ensure proper consumer protection for apps customers'
Read More »Warner Bros plotting Minecraft movie
Minecraft creator Markus Persson is in discussion with Warner Bros over a Minecraft movie, he has announced. The Mojang boss made the reveal in a Twitter post on Thursday: "Someone is trying leak the fact that we’re working with Warner Brothers on a potential Minecraft Movie. I wanted to be …
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[Industry news] Games Industry Shows Signs of Rebalancing as Workforce and Studios Adapt to Changing Market Conditions, Skillsearch Report Finds
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