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The Xbox One’s social functionality will be the core focus of the Microsoft’s next software update for the console. The feedback we’ve gotten is pretty valid,” Xbox chief product officer Marc Whitten told Engadget. Some of the social stuff is hidden or harder to use than it was on the …

Cloud gaming service needs strong connection speed to work smoothly

Creative Assembly’s upcoming survival horror outing Alien: Isolation looks unlikely to be making the jump to Wii U. When asked about the possibility on Twitter, the game’s official Twitter account replied: Right now, we don’t have plans to put the game on Wii U.” What makes it all the sadder …

With the PS4 and Xbox One now available, Develop helps you gear up with a selection of tools to support your development needs

Luigi’s Mansion: 2 developer Next Level Games is more than happy pinning its flag to the Nintendo mast. The Canadian indie is behind a number of Nintendo exclusives such as the Wii version of Punch-Out and Mario Strikers charged. It also developed the Wii versions of Tom Clancy: Ghost Recon …

Microsoft yet to inform Twitch when it will be ready to make the service available on Xbox Live

Customers have ordered over $1m worth of pizza through the Xbox 360’s Pizza Hut app in just four months. "It’s been a source of unbelievable growth for us," Pizza Hut’s PR director Doug Terfehr told Polygon. "Just the explosion of people who wanted to download it, experiment with it, play …

Wrestling fans will soon be able to stream WWE content directly through their consoles. The sports entertainment giant has announced a new service called WWE Network is a ’24/7 streaming service’ that will offer both live events, regular programming such as Raw and Smackdown as well as archived footage. It …

Codemasters’s Anna Ljungberg discusses the key skills needed for her role in programming

Oculus VR is hiring game developers to work with John Carmack on the virtual reality headset manufacturer’s internal development program. Carmack joined the company as CTO last year and has since left his long-time role at id, where he helped develop classics like Doom, Quake, and Wolfenstein 3D, to work …