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Rights holder SNK has terminated its licensing agreement with the manufacturer of the Neo Geo X. The machine, which was made available by Blaze in the UK, includes a handheld that plays emulated versions of a host of Neo Geo games, a dock (fashioned on the original Neo Geo console) …

Xbox’s chief marketing and strategy officer this weekend told an audience of advertisers that the console could change the way they engage with consumers. AdvertisingAge reports that Xbox’s chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi told to the Association of National Advertisers Masters of Marketing Conference that the Xbox One …

New mode promises room to experiment for modding community

Last week digital games giant Steam announced plans to launch into the living room. The firm unveiled its own operating system (SteamOS), announced plans for series of ‘Steam Machines’, and even showed off a new controller designed specifically for PC games and genres. Sega went hands-on with the device at …

Innards for test hardware include Nvidia Titan GPU and Intel i7-4770 CPU

Ubisoft has announced the Assassin’s Creed Heritage Collection, which will include all five console/PC games from the series released so far. The Heritage Collection will include Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II Game of the Year Edition, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, and Assassin’s Creed III. In India, the collection …

PC owners will be able to connect the PS4’s DualShock 4 controller to their machine and enjoy basic functionality”. That’s according to Sony Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida who, as spotted by Joystiq, confirmed on Twitter over the weekend that the controller will work when connected to a PC – something …

Art director Aaron Garbut tells us how the studio crafted the world of GTA

The Steam Boxes due to be sent out to beta testers later this year will come in an assortment of specifications, some of which are very high-end indeed. Of the 300 units some will include a modest Nvidia GTX 660, some a very decent GTX 760 and other a top-of-range …

Develop speaks to Linux about its new open source OS that is being embraced by Samsung and mobile SDK providers