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Latest update brings enhancements to Mecanim, occlusion culling and Navmesh creation

Valve won’t let third parties design and sell their own Steam controllers like it’s encouraging them to do with Steam machines, the company has revealed. In aninterview with IGN, Valve’s Greg Coomer said his company will supply Steam Controllers to third-parties that want to make their own Steam Machines. The …

Sony will not release Media Molecule’s PS Vita debut Tearaway at retail, it has confirmed. The game was listed at various online stores, and as we reported a few days ago, there was quite a disparity between that suggested retail price and the price of the digital version on PSN. …

Despite appearing in Microsoft’s launch window” list of Xbox One apps, Sky’s Now TV app is unlikely to arrive until the summer. Sky also confirmed to Videogamer that there doesn’t not appear to be any imminent plans to launch a Sky Go app for the platform. "We enjoy a long …

PS4 will have outsold its rival Xbox One to the tune of 11m units within five years, research firm IHS has predicted. The company believes that by 2017 PS4 will have sold 49m units worldwide with Xbox One trailing behind on 38m units. IHS believes that Sony’s wider geographical brand …

The GallantCloud team scraps work on a title and begins afresh with a new designer

Finnish studio’s latest shooter would be ‘a lot less dynamic’ without PS4’s architecture

Emmy award-winning storyteller Elan Lee was hired by Microsoft this summer to help shape the future of storytelling. What exactly does that mean? MCV attempts to find out, to mixed success… You recently did a talk entitled ‘My mother has no idea what I do for a living.’ Why is …

Shainiel Deo tells Develop where he think the major growth areas in gaming and social are

Surprise – Amazon has launched a PlayStation Network Digital Games and DLC Store in the US. Kotaku reports that the store will offer content for PS4, PS3 and Vita and is a direct alternative to buying directly through Sony. Buyers will be given codes upon purchase that can be redeemed …