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Questions from shareholders meetings address current strategy and ask if the Switch will have 1000+ games in ten years

Platform holder Nintendo has said it will again buck the trend by not increasing its focus on PC. It is now the norm for Xbox exclusive games to release on PC. PlayStation, too, has a streaming games service up and running on PC. And a greater number of Japanese developers …

Level-5 hit big with Professor Layton back in the late 2000s. Its titular gentleman puzzle solver was one of the early success stories on the Nintendo DS, and it wasn’t long before a string of sequels, a film and even a crossover game with Capcom’s Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright, followed …

The producer of the upcoming Castlevania anime series has confirmed that his next project will be a series based on Ubisoft IP Assassin’s Creed. I’m happy to let you guys know that I’ve selected my next project,” Adi Shankar said. I played the first edition of Assassin’s Creed the year …

The Nintendo Switch’s comparative technical weakness compared to its competitors is to blame for the fact that indie title A Plague Tale: Innocence will not be appearing on the system. That’s according to developer Asobo Studio, which has revealed that the game’s publisher Focus Home Interactive has told them to …

Think you know the answer? How about putting that to the test at the Develop Quiz 2017?

Noah Media Group has been announced as the production partner for Gfinity’s new Elite Series event. Noah Media Group are better known for their work in traditional sports, having created content for companies like UEFA and FIFA, in addition to work done for 2017 ICC Champions Trophy, and BBC’s Match …

The Birmingham-based studio celebrates ten years developing games and a download milestone

The International, Dota 2’s biggest tournament, is just a month away and the crowdfunded prize pool is now at over $20m dollars.  According to the Dota 2 prize tracker, there’s currently a prize pool of $20,279,254, with just $491,206 to go until it eclipses last year’s prize.  This is almost …

Accessibility options aren’t yet an industry standard, but can make a world of difference for disabled gamers. Aardvark Swift’s Marketing Executive Joey Relton and Programming Consultant Andy Jenkinson talked to SpecialEffect’s Projects Manager Bill Donegan about some simple solutions studios can implement to allow everyone to play their games.