Ahead of his Develop:Brighton talk, the developer behind promising title Lost Words discusses why devs must keep pushing for innovation
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 »EA forms Frostbite Labs to focus on developing future tech
Virtual humans in VR and ‘deep learning’ among ‘longer-term’ topics being researched by 30 to 40-strong team
Read More »Wargaming launches $10,000 hunt for innovative PC and mobile devs
Multiplayer titles focus of worldwide search by company’s WG Labs
Read More »Innovation threatened by increasing dev costs, Raymond claims
Rising development costs will eventually stifle innovation in games, says the head of Ubisoft Toronto. Speaking toDigital Spy, Jade Raymond said as expectations rise with ever-more powerful hardware, it is tougher to take risks when developers are spending in excess of $100 million to create a triple-A game. That’s for …
Read More »Blackberry accuses Apple of lacking innovation
BlackBerry 10 is about to debut in Australia, and BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins – a man seemingly exhilarated from the Z10 release – has spoke to theAustralian Financial Reviewto explain that Apple’s time as a dominant force is over. Of course, his comments are ridiculously premature, given that BlackBerry has …
Read More »IHS Screen Digest questions Wii U potential as US launch nears
The Wii U arrives in the US this weekend, but one leading analyst has claimed Nintendo will need to up its game if it wants the new console to replicate the success of its predecessor. IHS Screen Digest analyst Piers Harding-Rolls does, however, believe that Wii U will have a …
Read More »DICE defends EA’s track record of innovation
The perception that EA does little more than pump out mass-market sequels is unjust, owned studio DICE has argued. "EA is actually very prone to try out new things," Magnus Troedsson, the general manager of EA-owned studio and Battlefield creator DICE told Gamasutra. "And I have to say that sometimes …
Read More »DICE: EA gets too much flack for not being innovative
EA is open to developers experimenting with ideas, says Karl Magnus Troedsson
Read More »There’s a game out there for everyone
Ana Kronschnabl discusses how the industry should take a new direction with development to spur on innovation
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