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Id Software co-founder John Carmack has said he is dissatisfied with the industry abandoning aging console generations and the huge audiences that they have in favour of rising costs and added risk. Speaking toWiredon the 20th anniversary of Doom, the trailblazing first-person shooter he co-created with Jon Romero, Carmack said …

Allgraf CEO Adrian Banninga explains why players are spoiled when it comes to darkness and how developers can create quality lighting in games

Ubisoft’s latest Rayman title, Legends, is getting a next-gen makeover and will be coming to stores early next year. The game makes the leap to the new hardware with a series of improvements – the cartoon graphics have received an overhaul, while loading times have been reduced. Each console gets …

Rovio’s kart racing iOS title Angry Birds Go is now available in the UK. Fortunately, the game has had the price of its IAPs reduced. The version soft-launched in New Zealand featured a kart that cost 69.99. This has now been reduced to (a still somewhat pricey) 34.99. That’s not …

PS4 won’t break all-time console sales records but will emerge as the next-gen console winner, analyst DFC Intelligence has predicted. DFC Intelligence has forecasted that the PlayStation 4 would be the number one console game system of this new generation,” it said. The successful launch of the PS4 is an …

A US law firm is investigating the possibility of suing EA over the technical problems that have beset the launch of Battlefield 4. Holzer Holzer & Fistel says that it is investigating whether EA and/or certain of its officers complied with the federal securities laws” and that the investigation focuses …

Music game studio Harmonix has let go of a small number” of employees due to shifting priorities regarding its future projects. The Rock Band developer confirmed to Gamastura earlier this week that an undisclosed number of its staff had been let go. "We can confirm that a small number of …

Hit indie sandbox game Terraria is out now on PS Vita, publisher 505 Games has announced. The title is priced at 11.99 and includes cross-play support with Terraria’s PS3 version, which allows co-op play between the two platforms. The version also offers new touch-control support, multiplayer for up to eight, …

Fallout 4 exists and will take place in and around the greater Boston, Massachusetts area – according to a series of allegedly leaked documents. The documents, a set of scripts and character descriptions obtained by Kotaku, provides info on plot and setting for the yet to be announced title. The …

Develop quizzes the Foundry about bringing its modelling tool to the Steam marketplace