The indie studio behind an artistic title exploring the sensation of sexual pleasure has lashed out at Apple after it was told to drastically alter its game to be approved for release on the iOS App Store. Lovable Hat Cult’s La Petite Mort is designed as a virtual way for …
Read More »Dev pulls abstract vagina-touching title from App Store after Apple tells it ‘to make a different game’
‘Even if you are not showing it directly, it’s what is simulated – and that is the issue,' Lovable Hat Cult reportedly told by platform holder
Read More »Ex-EA, BioWare, Trion and Blizzard community manager Claudia Adams-Esgrow passes away
Adams-Esgrow worked on games including World of Warcraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Rift
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Fewer than 0.1% of matches opting to use ‘high bandwidth’ option, with 60Hz client update rate unsuitable for a fifth of players
Read More »Polish government launches €18m fund for ‘innovative’ games
'We want to catch up with booming gaming markets in [the US] or Canada'
Read More »Creators of Vive horror game The Brookhaven Experiment form CloudGate Studio
New developer founded in collaboration with former Epic and Square Enix exec will unsurprisingly focus on VR projects
Read More »Jagex honours 2006 Runescape glitch with World 666
Addition to Runescape Old School celebrates ‘Falador Massacre’, when scores of players in ‘safe’ zones were accidentally able to be killed
Read More »Random mechanics and the art of being predictably unpredictable
The creators of XCOM 2, The Binding of Isaac, Enter the Gungeon and The Swindle reveal how procedural generation and random gameplay elements can be used to build timeless titles
Read More »Blizzard to integrate Facebook login and live streaming API into its PC games
Overwatch, Hearthstone and Heroes of the Storm among titles that will allow users to livestream directly to their social media accounts
Read More »Puzzle & Dragons studio GungHo to regain majority stake from SoftBank for $685m
Japanese mobile developer enters into agreement to reacquire shares as owner reportedly looks to reduce debt
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