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Blizzard has told MCV that the development of a new game for consoles remains a possibility. The company’s recent successes have been very much PC focused, with titles such as World of Warcraft and Starcraft II thrusting the studio into the limelight. It has in the past developed titles for …
Read More »Sony recommending 3D resolution drop
The official guidelines for developers working on 3D titles for the PS3 recommend that studios avoid trying to make their 3D games support 1080p, instead suggesting that they stick to the less demanding 720p resolution. A true 1080p image consists of approximately 2m individual pixels. This is about twice the …
Read More »Jobs doesnt understand game development
David Helgason, Unity Technologies CEO, has said that he believes Apple CEO Steve Jobs doesn’t understand the economics of games development.” I think he also said that consumers will decide what they think of them, and they have decided that some of the middleware games – including some of the …
Read More »Developer/publisher marketplace goes live
New casual games and apps site Gamecot is offering a developer/publisher trading service online
Read More »Microsoft gives Milo fans hope
A Microsoft executive has issued a prompt statement in the hope to correct his previous claim that Lionhead’s Milo project has no plan for market release. However, following the outpouring of disappointment that followed the news, Greenberg said via Twitter: Project Milo absolutely continues in development at Lionhead Studios, it …
Read More »3DS dev costs comparable to Wii
The 3DS may add new functions to the robust Dual Screen Nintendo handheld platform – but that comes at a cost. And according to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata when it comes to making games for the device development costs will be comparable to making a game for the Wii. "As …
Read More »SONY: 40 companies at work on Move titles
Relatively sizable number drawn from development and publishing sectors
Read More »E3 2010: 300 new faces working on CoD
In the build up to its celebrity studded E3 party last night, Activision confirmed that in just three years it has added an impressive 300 staff to its Call of Duty team. Speaking in the firm’s E3 investor conference call Thomas Tippl, CFO of Activision said: Over the last 3 …
Read More »SWTOR breaks EA funding records
It’s one of the most bankable franchises in the world of entertainment, and such is EA’s faith in BioWare’s upcoming MMO Star Wars: the Old Republic that it has spent more on its development than any other game in its history. It is the largest R&D project EA has ever …
Read More »Capcoms Western dilemma
Publisher Capcom has revealed the poor performance of recent releases Dark Void and Bionic Commando have lead to a strategic re-think of its Western aspirations. Speaking to The Financial Times, president Haruhiro Tsujimoto revealed that Dark Void has sold just 520k copies since its release – well below Capcom’s initial …
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