Category Archives: Development

Wed, May 15, 2013 | 21:30 BST

Gran Turismo 6 out this holiday on PS3, demo lands in July

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Kazunori Yamauchi has announced Gran Turismo 6 is in development and will be releases this holiday season on PS3. A demo will be released in July to coincide with the launch of the new GT Academy season.

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Wed, May 15, 2013 | 16:40 BST

Gran Turismo series has shifted 70 million units

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Jim Ryan, SCEE’s president and CEO, has announced at the Gran Turismo 15th Anniversary event that Gran Turismo 5 has sold 10 million units worldwide, and the series as a whole has moved 70 million units. Ryan said almost half of those were sold in Europe. Ryan also said that “PlayStation and Gran Turismo are always going to be linked,” as the series is and will remain exclusive to PlayStation”. Sony Europe is tweeting the announcements as they happen from Silverstone, and you can keep up with its tweets through the link.

Tue, May 14, 2013 | 23:45 BST

Warren Spector wants to make small, detailed worlds

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Deus Ex creator Warren Spector would rather make a game world “an inch wide and a mile deep” than “a mile wide and an inch deep”.

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 21:59 BST

GDC Europe 2013 session submission up 25%, 275 talks being considered

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GDC Europe organizers have announced the 2013 show will has had 275 talks submitted for the event, which is up 25% on last year’s total. While the first lectures will be announced later this week, those wishing to attend should know that registration is now open. GDC Europe takes place August 19-21 in Cologne, Germany – just ahead of Gamescom which takes place August 21- 25.

Tue, May 14, 2013 | 21:41 BST

Video Games: The Movie documentary takes to Kickstarter

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Video Games: The Movie is a feature length documentary from Mediajuice Studios on the video game industry and the culture it’s created, and it needs your help on Kickstarter.

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 21:17 BST

EA confirms Frostbite Engine for mobile, announces Frostbite Go initiative

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EA has launched a website all about the Frostbite engine, and with it comes further confirmation that the Frostbite engine will be used to create mobile titles.

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 21:01 BST

Windows Blue codename dumped for Windows 8.1, will be a free update

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For those who have switched their OS over to Windows 8, Microsoft announced today during the JP Morgan’s Technology, Media, & Telcom Conference that Windows Blue will be a free update, and it has been officially dubbed Windows 8.1. There still isn’t an exact release date for it, and details on its contents are still scarce, but CMO and CFO Tami Reller said it will be free and a public preview is slated for June 26 during Microsoft’s Build conference. Surely there is a gaming update of sorts in it, but if not, some of you play games on PCs running W8, so hopefully this is good news. Thanks, Engadget.

Tue, May 14, 2013 | 21:50 BST

Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures headed to consoles this winter

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Namco has announced Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures for PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360.

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 17:25 BST

Sony Japan countdown site is rather odd, ends on Thursday

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Sony Japan has a strange countdown site with a streaming look at a room with a bunch of monitors on it. In the URL, the user name is panopticon, which is a type of circular prison in which a watchman can observe all of the inmates housed. The design makes it so the inmates don’t know whether they are being watched or not. Whether that has anything to do with the countdown is beyond me.Any ideas? At any rate, it looks to be set for a reveal on Thursday, May 16. Thanks, KyleB.

Tue, May 14, 2013 | 21:04 BST

Konami’s pre-E3 presentation to contain news on Metal Gear Solid 5, Lords of Shadow 2

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Konami has announced it will stream its pre-E3 presenataion, in which Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2, Metal Gear Solid 5, Pro Evolution Soccer, and a number of “additional key announcements” will be highlighted.

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 14:45 BST

LEGO Friends out this fall on 3DS, DS

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LEGO Friends has been announced for 3DS and DS by Warner Bros. and is in development at TT Games, in partnership with Hellbent Games.

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 14:32 BST

New Adventure Time and Regular Show titles in the works at WayForward

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A new Adventure Time game is heading to 3DS, PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbxo 360 courtesy of D3 Publisher and WayForward. The developers is also working on a Regular Show game for 3DS.

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Mon, May 13, 2013 | 22:53 BST

Bioshock: Infinite ships more than 3.7 million units

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Irrational’s Bioshock: Infinite has shipped more than 3.7 million units to date, publisher Take-Two Interactive revealed in its year-end financials released today.

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Mon, May 13, 2013 | 15:08 BST

Ken Levine writing new game, cites Mad Men, Coen Brothers as influence

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BioShock: Infinite creator Ken Levine has started penning his next game, and has cited 1960s drama Mad Men and the work of the Coen Brothers as key inspirations in his general day-to-day writing.

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Mon, May 13, 2013 | 01:51 BST

Nvidia Faceworks demo now available for download

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If you were skeptical of Nvidia’s claim to real-time rendering with its FaceWorks demo back in March, you can try it out for yourself.

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Sat, May 11, 2013 | 20:55 BST

Bleszinski: next-gen console winner will embrace “connectivity, sharing, user content”

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When in comes to next-gen systems, Cliff Bleszinski feels Sony’s really embraced the indie and sharing scenes, and he’s really interested in what Microsoft has to show on May 21.

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Sat, May 11, 2013 | 19:24 BST

Wii U needs a “super IP,” Microsoft needs to “reinvent” itself in Japan, says Cuthbert

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Q-Games’ president, Dylan Cuthbert, believes Nintendo is need of “super IP, a special IP” in order to get more consumers interested in Wii U, and in order for Microsoft to carve out a slot in the Japanese market, it needs to reinvent itself.

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Fri, May 10, 2013 | 14:56 BST

Jade Raymond interview, part 3: The Future

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The third and final part of our exclusive Jade Raymond video interview is below. In it, Raymond discusses her future plans, whether she’ll return to being a stage presence again, and how the games industry is changing.

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Thu, May 09, 2013 | 20:05 BST

Shadow Warrior re-imaging in the works at Flying Wild Hog, Devolver Digital

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Flying Wild Hog has announced its working on a re-imaging of Shadow Warrior with Devolver Digital.

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Fri, May 10, 2013 | 09:09 BST

Bilson has “several transmedia ideas” spanning various genres

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Former THQ EVP of core games Danny Bilson has said he has several transmedia game ideas in the works spanning the sci-fi, horror and fantasy genres.

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