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Sony has slashed the prices of a number of its top titles in a surprisingly aggressive February sale on PSN. Headline deals include PS4 title Knack (35.59) and PS3 titles Gran Turismo 6 (29.99), Catherine (16.49), Spelunky (4.79), The Last of Us (19.99) and Call of Juarez Gunslinger (3.95). On …

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Data from Futuresource Consulting Research has revealed tremendous growth in the smartphone market throughout 2013. The firm says that global smartphone shipments grew 43 per cent last year, hitting 1.02bn units. Tablet shipments, meanwhile, grew 57 per cent to 243m units, with 90m units being shipped in the quarter ending …

Christofer Sundberg, the creator of the Just Cause series, has said that triple-A game development has failed to evolve alongside technology. "It’s really not healthy at the moment," the Avalanche Studios founder, who is currently working on Mad Max, told GameSpot. "Games have evolved, technology has evolved but as businesses …

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Intel Developer Blog: Softtalkblog looks at the new open-source electronics prototyping platform

If Google’s VR tech had taken your fancy, but couldn’t justify shelling out the hefty price tag. Now you can. Owners of the wearable, sic-fi glasses can now treat themselves to a series of downloadable games, including Clay Shooter, Matcher, Shape Splitter, Balance and Tennis. That’s right. You can use …

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The PC version of Ubisoft’s upcoming South Park: The Stick of Truth won’t integrate the publisher’s uPlay service. uPlay will not be featured in South Park: Stick of Truth,” developer Obsidian confirmed on Twitter, adding: That’s pretty exceptional for a game published by Ubisoft.” The studio also confirmed that it’s …

Mad Max developer says publisher focus on blockbusters is "really not healthy"