MCV/DEVELOP News, events, research and jobs from the games industry
Ubisoft has said that the Wii U’s lack of processing power is the reason why it decided against porting Assassin’s Creed: Unity to Nintendo’s machine. It couldn’t, it really couldn’t,” creative director Alex Amancio told the Red Bull games blog. I mean this is why we from the beginning, this …
Read More »Ubisoft backtracks on claims it lowered AC: Unity resolution on PS4 to achieve Xbox One parity
A developer working on Assassin’s Creed: Unity has said that the game has been made to run at a reduced resolution of 900p on PS4 to keep it in line with the Xbox One release. Both versions of the title will run at 900p and 30fps – which was also …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes dated for Steam
The PC port of Konami’s Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes will be released before the end of the year. Specifically, the game will arrive on Steam on December 18th. The PC SKU will offer 4K graphics as well as an increase in simultaneous light sources, the number of models …
Read More »GAME app can now scan game front covers
Users of GAME’s smartphone app are now able to scan the front covers of games in store to access information and discounts. The new ‘Scan it!’ functionality uses a smartphone’s camera to view a game’s cover instead of scanning its barcode. It then offers a ‘personalised price’ depending on said …
Read More »It’s getting harder to ‘wow’ people with graphics, Crytek says
Graphical standards are now so high that the challenge of impressing consumers with flash visuals is bigger then ever. That’s according to Crytek’s principal rendering engineer Nicolas Schulz, who told DSOG of the PC port of Ryse: Son of Rome: I think with its advances in material quality, lighting and …
Read More »DriveClub pre-load opens in UK on Wednesday for paid version
PS4 owners in the UK will be able to begin pre-loading DriveClub onto their consoles this Wednesday. That means they’ll have two days to get the 17GB game installed onto their consoles before its official release on Friday (October 10th). Pre-loading is due to start any moment in the US …
Read More »Microsoft’s IllumiRoom evolves into RoomAlive
The appealing IllumiRoom tech demo shown off by Microsoft last year has expended into an even more technologically complicated beast. IllumiRoom sparked interest in January 2013 and used a combination of Kinect and projectors to expand a gaming environment beyond the confines of the TV screen to encompass an entire …
Read More »PlayStation Home vets want to make PS4 virtual world Neotopia
A Kickstarter for a PlayStation Home-style virtual world on PS4 is now underway. It’s called Neotopia and has a number of developers that have previously worked on Sony’s surprisingly profitable PS3 venture, which is scheduled for termination next year. Features include customisable avatars and apartments, public spaces, voice and text …
Read More »Bugbear’s Next Car Game has a name – Wreckfest
Having arrived on Steam Early Access at the start of the year, Bugbear’s Next Car Game finally has an official name. And it is Wreckfest. The name arrives alongside the sixth build of the in-development racer, which brings with it 18-player multiplayer online races and four game modes – Racing, …
Read More »PewDiePie expresses desire to establish his own video network
YouTuber Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg has seemingly expressed an interest in establishing his own video network away from current employer Maker Studios. The fact that Disney bought Maker Studios doesn’t really change anything for me. If I ask for help, they reply, but that’s all the contact we have. We’ll see …
Read More »