Indie megahit Minecraft has surpassed 11m sales on the game’s original platform. Games Industry reports that Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson took to twitter last night to announce the news on the PC/Mac/Linux version. "Minecraft has now sold 11m copies on PC/Mac/Linux! That’s more than the number of atoms in …
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MCV/DEVELOP #1007 is HERE!
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Sony brings indie games category to Vita
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Graphic designer Cameron Booth has accused The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog of stealing his artwork for the PS3-exclusive. Booth stated on his website that he was "fucking furious" to discover that an unofficial map he created depicting the Boston subway system appeared in the title. "For a software …
Read More »Saints Row IV banned in Australia
Game becomes first denied classification since new 18+ category over 'implied sexual violence'
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Android microconsole now available at retail, but some backers kept waiting
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Valve could be on the verge of announcing Half-Life 3 following what appears to be the first step of a marketing campaign. As reported by users of NeoGaf, a sizeable Steam update for Half-life 2 has gone live that appears to change the game’s text and voice track into Korean. …
Read More »Havok unleashes free mobile engine Project Anarchy
Tech aims to 'liberate' developers to freely explore gameplay ideas on iOS, Android and Tizen
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Hackable hardware heats up competition in console space
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Much-hyped Android console Ouya hits retail today, yet many backers of the device are yet to receive their machine. I am pissed,” Ouya boss Julie Uhrman stated. Some of you have not yet received your OUYA – and, to you, I apologise. I did not promise to ship to *most* …
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[Guest post] Chris Rowe: Co-Dev Without the Culture Clash
AAA development used to have rough predictability. You staffed up, you shipped, you staffed down, and you kept rolling. It wasn’t always stable, but teams could stay together long enough to build momentum.
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