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Arrogant and rude staff” have been named as the biggest shopping annoyances by a survey of 1,500 High Street consumers. A quarter of respondents named the attitude of shop assistants as their biggest concern, followed by queue jumpers (16 per cent). Rude staff are the most irritating aspect of shopping …

Joost van Dreunen encourages developers to focus on internal data they can trust

First person shooters Primal Carnage: Genesis and Blacklight: Retribution front a long list of new PlayStation titles announced at GDC 2013. The news comes as Sony reveals an increased commitment to indie publishing, which amongst other things includes the simplification of the submission and approval process. Since my last post, …

Developers can waste too much pursuing 'the wrong ideas', claims Shank creator

Game Narrative summit explains how to rapidly gain an ensemble cast

PS4? Xbox Durango? Nope – VR headset Oculus Rift is the real next-generation of gaming, the company has claimed. Right from the very beginning of 3D games one of the goals has been to make a virtual reality, to make you feel like you’re actually present in the world,” Oculus …

Final Fantasy publisher warns of 'extraordinary losses' in its current financial year

Imitating structure of other media is holding back games, says Epic Mickey creator

Games lawyer Dan Rogers concludes his two part series on how mobile developers can avoid the courtroom

Square Enix president Yoichi Wada is stepping down. The news comes as the publisher warns of what is describes as extraordinary losses” in its current financial year. Indeed, the overtly long tail being thrust upon consumers by the lack of market-ready next-gen hardware is certainly having an impact. Yousuke Matsuda …