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She’s become the iconic face of Irrational Games’ upcoming BioShock Infinite, but the Elizabeth character was almost cut out of the game on more than one occasion. "Do you know how many times people wanted to just cut her? Over and over again,” lead developer Ken Levine told Polygon. Because …

Former Ubisoft, Yager and Eutechnyx programmers join North East studio

Nvidia today announced that its PhysX and APEX technologies will be supported on the PS4, which Sony announced in February. Nvidia and AMD’s war for dominance of the PC platform has been as fiercely fought and well documented as Sony and Microsoft’s in the console space, so it’s interesting to …

The UK games industry needs to increase its retail base before the next gen consoles, says Sony. The firm told MCV it hopes the PS4 can provide the ‘kick in the market’ that the High Street is crying out for. And encourages existing specialists to expand its store count and …

Khaled Helioui promoted to lead online publisher

UK games execs were left scratching their heads last month after a string of big budget action games failed to lift games retail out of the gloom. Last month UK games stores sold 1,854,954 games, a drop of 19.9% over February 2012. And that’s despite big name releases including Dead …

Next week’s release of God of War: Ascension is set to receive India’s largest midnight launch yet, with six cities across the country participating. While past midnight launches have been restricted to just Mumbai or to the metros, Ascension will be sold at midnight on 13th March in Mumbai, Delhi, …

Veteran no longer affiliated with Unreal Engine firm after change of plans

PS4 may be grabbing the headlines, but Sony still has big plans for PSN, PS Vita and PS3. UK MD Fergal Gara, marketing director Murray Pannell and commercial director Alex Coultate discuss retail, the next generation, PS3’s line-up and what’s next for Vita… So how would you evaluate 2012 for …

The Boy Scouts of America has a new merit badge that will teach youngsters about games design. The Game Design merit badge offers kids the chance to practice the craft through a variety of mediums, including electronic, outdoor/athletic, tabletop, pen and Paper, or role-playing games. According toScouting Magazine, those seeking …