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But indies defend console, saying criticisms only reflect early iterations of SDK and praise Nintendo support

The United States Court of Appeal has ruled against Silicon Knights’ appeal of a lower court decision which awarded a total of $9.2m in damages and legal fees to Epic Games. TheJanuary 6th decisionis almost certainly the final battle in the fight between the Unreal Engine maker and the studio …

The amount of work needed to produce a PS4 or Xbox One game is vastly more than was seen with the previous-gen machines. That’s according to Capcom’s senior manager of technology management at its consumer games department Masaru Ijuin, who said on the Capcom blog: It’s clear that heightened game …

Guerrilla Games’s Misja Baas discusses the key skills needed for his role in art direction

Upcoming Xbox and PC shooter Titanfall is to star in a range of K’Nex construction toy sets. The range, licensed from Respawn Entertainment, is due out in the UK this autumn. Pilots, Titans and Spectres will all feature. The sets will carry an 8+ age rating. We’re delighted that the …

First act of adventure title to be released nearly two years after hitting Kickstarter

Details of Microsoft’s next major Windows release are rumoured to be unveiled at the firm’s annual Build conference in April this year. According to Microsoft blogger, Paul Thurrot, Windows 9 (codenamed ‘Threshold’) will see a full return of the Start menu and is planned for release in April 2015. The …

Capcom discusses its new Panta Rhei game engine and the complexities of making titles on new consoles

Microsoft has entered into a multi-year, multi-title agreement" with State of Decay developer Undead Labs. Studio founder Jeff Strain broke the news in acompany blog post, and while most details won’t be revealed until later in the year, he hinted strongly that the deal involves the State of Decay IP. …

The worst of the financial crisis may be behind us, but the year ahead promises to be a challenging one for retail. The Mirror reports that CRR boss Professor Joshua Bamfield believes that up to 12,000 shops could fold in 2014 with fashion chains, chemists, jewellers, newsagents and health and …