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It was in 2011 that I first met Yasuhiro Fukushima and his team from Japan. The venue was the food court at a mall in suburban Mumbai; not the sort of place I’d have expected to meet the honorary chairman of Square Enix, but he was on a tight schedule. …

Fez creator says he won't bring sequel to Microsoft consoles

Fez 2 won’t land on any of Microsoft’s platforms because the company doesn’t want it there, creator Phil Fish has stated. Speaking with Polygon, Fish explained that Polytron has no plans to release the sequel on Xbox consoles based on Microsoft’s no self-publishing policy. With Microsoft they’ve made it painfully …

Eidos Montreal’s Thief reboot will launch simultaneously on PC, current and next-gen consoles when it arrives next year. The studio’s community manager Adam Badke and the title’s senior producer Stephane Roy announced the info as part of a developer video. The core gameplay of Thief on current-gen and next-gen consoles …

Skulls of the Shogun developer Plush Apocalypse Productions has sounded off about the studio’s troubling experience with Microsoft Studios. The game had an exclusivity deal on the game for Xbox 360 and Windows 8 phones and tablets, a deal that’s near its end. Plush Apocalypse’s Borut Pfeifer apparently felt the …

Ukie's Jo Twist on how developers can help identify the best schemes to improve education

A European retailer may have let slip the release date for Sony’s next-generation console. The poster below, spotted by a NeoGAF member in the Amsterdam branch of games specialist Media Markt, suggests that PlayStation 4 would be on sale from November 13th. Sony already promised that the device would be …

The UK’s leading games retailer GAME has welcomed Microsoft Xbox One rethink. Microsoft have shown that they truly understand and value their fan base and the gaming community as a whole,” GAME’s Martyn Gibbs told Edge. Microsoft have listened to the feedback of recent weeks and acted on it, putting …

US analyst Michael Pachter believes that Microsoft IS prepared to lower the price of Xbox One if it falls too far behind PS4. However, following last night’s dramatic about-face the analyst reckons that Microsoft could yet salvage the situation and achieve next-gen dominance. "Microsoft intends to offer a more robust …

Zombie shooter changes name over trademark issues