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Tech giant updates Scaleform, Navigation, Beast and HumanIK tools to be next-gen ready

A leaked image of a promotional Battlefield 4 poster has revealed that the game is set for release in fall 2013”. Fall would probably mean the October-November period, which is in line with Battlefield 3 (28th October) and arch rival Call of Duty, which usually releases in mid-November. The poster …

Province boasts 21 per cent growth rate for games companies and 2,600 developers

Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions raised $3.4 million through Kickstarter last year for its new game, tentatively called Double Fine Adventure. The game now has a proper name – Broken Age. The crowd-funded point-and-click adventure follows two characters leading parallel lives. The girl has been chosen by her village to …

Engine vendor to make available a number of games specifically tailored for devices

Regardless of whether your Shepard lived to tell another tale at the end of Mass Effect 3, don’t expect your favourite gender-hopping space hero to return in the next game. That’s because BioWare has said it plans to tell a completely different story in the next Mass Effect game – …

JS Joust and Bit.Trip devs also sign up develop for tiny interactive gaming tech

A screenshot from Origin Russia suggests that subscribers of the Battlefield 3 Premium season pass will automatically gain access to the Battlefield 4 beta. The screenshot was published by Russian fan site MyBattlefield, that shows a list of content available to Premium subscribers, starting with Battlefield 3 multiplayer packs and …

Indie studio behind the Cave and Stacking names its upcoming Kickstarter-backed title

Publishing deal for four new books, annuals and a magazine covers all territories outside of the US