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Out of the current line-up of indie developers, Cliff Harris is among the longest serving. In his past he has worked for Lionhead of Fable fame, but now he is a lone gun. His outfit, Positech, is a stark contrast to that triple-A studio. On its website, you will see …
Read More »Tekken X Street Fighter ‘still in development’
Bandai Namco has insisted that development of Tekken X Street Fighter is continuing. The game was announced all the way back in July 2010, although two years later Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada was having to assert that it was not only still in development. Tekken X Street Fighter is still …
Read More »New Zealand at a Glance
Following on in our series of articles welcoming you to the Pacific region, we now turn to the current state of Kiwi development.
Read More »GameStop wants in on development to improve pre-order exclusives
Retailer GameStop wans to increase the amount of exclusive content it can offer customers who use it to pre-order games. VentureBeat reports that to do this it has embarked on a strategy of buddying up with publishers and developers – ideally early on in the development process. GamesStop indicated that …
Read More »Miyamoto doesn’t like describing Zelda Wii U as ‘open world’
Will Zelda for Wii U be an open world game? Perhaps not in the traditional sense. Speaking to shareholders, Nintendo’s development boss Shigeru Miyamoto has said that the term open-world” was used to describe the game at E3 as it’s something that players understand – personally, however, he doesn’t like …
Read More »Gears of War’s Cliffy B ‘officially coming out of retirement’
Gears of War creator Cliff Bleszinski is officially coming "out of retirement" and returning to game development. The former Epic game designer has been teasing his next project for some time, with suggestions the new title could be an arena shooter. Details on his new venture will be revealed within …
Read More »Fewer first-party Vita games on the way as emphasis shifts to indies
PlayStation Vita owners can expect more indie titles but fewer triple-A first-party games in the future. That’s the admission of Sony Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, who when asked by Polygon if Vita will be getting fewer first-party games replied: "I would say, yes, that’s correct.” The reasons? Sony confesses to …
Read More »How times have changed: Develop legends discuss an evolving industry
To celebrate our 150th issue, we gathered some of our most notable cover stars to mull over how development has changed in the last decade and a half. James Batchelor caught up with the faces of Develop magazine’s past
Read More »Ouya claims 1,000 new devs join platform every month
Crowd-funded microconsole Ouya continues to attract new developers – around 1,000 a month according to CEO Julie Uhrman. Speaking toPolygonat E3 last week, Uhrman said her company is working hard on encouraging studios to develop for the device, even expanding on its developer relations team. This department is now the …
Read More »No female characters for four-player Assassin’s Creed: Unity
Assassin’s Creed: Unity will for the first time allow four players to work together – but not, it seems, for them to play as a female character. That’s the claim of Ubisoft technical director James Therien, who has argued that while the ten separate studios working on Unity have the …
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