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Rockstar North has revealed a team of 1,000+ developers worked on Grand Theft Auto V. In an interview with sister-site Develop, studio president Leslie Benzies confirmed the monster team that worked on what has since become the fastest selling game in UK history. "It’s probably more, much more," said Benzies. …
Read More »More GPU power will be offered to Xbox One devs in the future
Xbox One locks away around ten per cent of its GPU power from developers… for now. Microsoft technician Andrew Goossen says that the resources are dedicated to system processing such as Kinect and the system’s multitasking snap mode. But in the future these resources will be opened up to developers. …
Read More »Valve ‘leak’ lists Half-Life 3 development team
An undoubtedly completely innocent tech mishap has seemingly named a number of Valve developers currently working on Half-Life 3. As posted on Reddit, Valve’s internal User Picker software became available to the public briefly last night – just long enough, it transpires, for sleuths to extract from it a list …
Read More »Ubisoft reveals $370m Canadian dev investment
Ubisoft is set to invest $373 million into its Quebec operations over the next seven years, a move that will generate 500 additional jobs in the province. The publisher is investing in the expansion of its motion capture technologies, and consolidating its online games operations and infrastructure in Montreal. The …
Read More »100 game dev tips from the UK’s hottest studios
Key advice on how to be a success in the game industry from the Develop 100
Read More »Successfully Kickstarted sword fighting game put on hold as funds dry up
Development of sword fighting game Clang has been put on hold, despite the game successfully hitting its Kickstarter target last year. The game raised a total of $526,125 last July, just passing its $500,000 goal. The future of the title, however, remains very uncertain. We’ve hit the pause button on …
Read More »Sony: We don’t do mid-sized games any more
A lot has been written about PlayStation’s remarkable journey over the last few years. It has turned PS3 into a winner after a tumultuous launch, and has seemingly denied Xbox an easy win on the start of the next generation. But its real victory lately has been reengaging with the …
Read More »Hungama, Gameshastra launch John Abraham: Drag Racer for iOS, Android
In what is perhaps the first Indian game to be named after a celebrity, Hungama and Gameshastra have just released John Abraham: Drag Racer for iOS and Android. Featuring the name and likeness of actor John Abraham, the game supposedly ‘accentuates John’s passion for speed and his love for bikes’. …
Read More »Gameloft attributes 1.1 million in expenses to ‘restructuring’ in India, Philippines
Gameloft has attributed around €1.1 million in expenses to restructuring of operations in India and the Philippines. Gameloft abruptly shut down its Hyderabad studio earlier this year, in the process laying off over 200 employees with no advance notice, explanation, or severance pay. In a financial statement outlining the first …
Read More »Developers want UK trade union
A group from the UK games industry has today established Dev Union, which hopes to encourage debate around the establishment of a UK trade union for those in the games industry. The proposed trade union would be called the UK Video Game Workers Association. "The Idea of a Union was …
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