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App Annie report finds that US devs are more than twice as successful at monetising mobile games than British creators, with Japanese makers achieving returns six times higher
Read More »First-ever African Unity Certification exam to be held at WAGE
Expo on November 8th in Lagos, Nigeria will mark the first time devs on the continent can be certified
Read More »Switch Galaxy dev Atomicom and JCB team up to take diggers to Mars
Liverpudlian studio working on free-to-play PC title JCB Pioneer: Mars
Read More »Almost 600 Game Jolt titles struck by Nintendo takedown notice
Fan-made games allegedly infringe on Mario, Zelda and Pokémon copyrights
Read More »Unreal Engine 4.13 improves Sequence Recorder and adds rendering features
Support for VR development expanded with capsule shadows and stereo instancing improvements, plus the ability to jump straight from VR Editor to playing
Read More »Ninja Theory opens new division dedicated to real-time cinematography tech
Senua Studio is named for the lead character in Hellblade, which uses innovative performance capture to instantly render in-game scenes
Read More »Google Play passes one million Early Access game installs
Ability to release in-development titles on mobile platform was first introduced in May and opened up to all users a month ago
Read More »Nvidia releases VR Funhouse source code and mod kit
Opens door to GameWorks, PhysX and VR Works technology utilised in virtual reality demo, including multi-res shading, FleX and HairWorks
Read More »HTC invests $5m in Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale vets’ VR studio
Vive maker HTC has invested in a start-up virtual reality developer formed by ex-members of major film and games firms. Steel Wool Studios was founded by veterans from Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale Games and launched its first VR titles, Quar: Battle for Gate 18, alongside the Vive back in April. …
Read More »HTC backs Pixar, Lucasfilm and Telltale vets’ VR studio with $5m investment
Steel Wool launched debut title Quar: Battle for Gate 18 alongside Vive headset in April
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