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The Shenmue III dream is still alive. When asked by Eurogamer whether he’d consider taking to crowdfunding site Kickstarter to finance a third entry in the Shenmue series, series creator Yu Suzuki answered: "Yes. I am researching it." Of course, it would have to be a phenomenally successful Kickstarter to …
Read More »PS4 camera boasts 15% attach rate, nears 1m sales
Sony has to date sold around 900,000 PlayStation Cameras designed for use with PS4. As GameSpot reports, with global PS4 sales standing at around 6m units that equates to an attach rate of 15 per cent. However, the number would have been higher – possibly far higher – were the …
Read More »Sony opens up host of indie tools for PlayStation development
Four popular development tools have been opened up for those hoping to develop indie titles for PS4, PS3 and Vita. Develop reports that GameMaker: Studio and MonoGame will both be updated to include tools needed for exporting titles to PS4 for licensed Sony Computer Entertainment developers. In addition, developers are …
Read More »Igarashi blames Konami departure on hardcore demise
The push away from traditional core gaming to more social-focused titles was the reason for Koji Igarashi’s decision to quit Konami. The Castlevania producer announced his departure on Monday. "The more hardcore the game the less suitable it is for the casual market," Igarashi told Polygon at GDC. "Unfortunately, I’m …
Read More »VIDEO: David ‘Doctor Who’ Tennant is the voice of Kinect Sports Rivals
Former Timelord and Scottish thesp David Tennant has been revealed as the narrator of upcoming Xbox One title Kinect Sports Rivals. It’s the first game that the actor has done voice over work for, not least because the BBC’s Doctor Who video games drive arrived in the post-Tennant Matt Smith …
Read More »VR needs to sell 1m units to be viable, Ubisoft exec says
Virtual reality hardware will need to hit the seven figure sales milestone before it becomes a realistic proposition for triple-A publishers. That’s according to Ubisoft’s VP of creative Lionel Raynaud, who as reported by GameSpot told a GDC roundtable that "VR would need to sell at least 1 million units …
Read More »4K support coming to Titanfall on PC
The PC version of Titanfall will at some stage be adding 4K resolution support to the mix. Respawn has been working with Nvidia to add-in support for some Nvidia GameWorks features into the game. As well as 4K display support and increased SLI compatibility, future patches will also add temporal …
Read More »Microsoft vows to reward positive Xbox Live behaviour
Punishing bad behaviour gets results. But basic psychology suggests that rewarding good behaviour will achieve more. Microsoft is looking to follow this mantra by rewarding players contribute positively” via their Xbox Live interactions, Polygon reports, as confirmed by development head Frank Savage yesterday confirmed at a GDC talk. Although the …
Read More »GameSessions brings PC game rentals to retail
Former PlayStation Europe boss Chris Deering last night fronted the official unveiling of a new games retail service at GDC. It’s called GameSessions and it hopes to place cards into retail that consumers purchase to acquire rental rights for PC titles. These physical cards allow retailers to benefit from the …
Read More »Kickstarter game that raised $53,500 ‘put on hold’
Another game that had been successfully Kickstarted has undergone a significant downsizing and possible cancellation. Jay Pavlina raised $53,509 on Kickstarter for Super Action Squad in July 2012. Now, nearly two years later, the developer has come out and admitted that the game people paid for is unlikely to be …
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