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Sony will discontinue a few notable PlayStation Vita features in its upcoming series of system software updates. Games Industry reports on Sony’s updated customer support database, which details plans for the removal of YouTube and Maps apps as well as the pulling of some features from the Near social networking …
Read More »Exploding Kittens sets Kickstarter backer record
Exploding Kittens has taken just over a week to become the most backed Kickstarter project in the crowdfunding site’s history. The Kickstarter campaign launched January 20th with a $10,000 goal. Eight days later and still with 21 days remaining, the project has seen 114,477 backers pledge $4,504,791 (at time of …
Read More »Rovio’s games head Laes leaves company – report
Angry Birds studio Rovio has reportedly parted ways with its chief of games, Jami Laes. Reuters reports on the departure from the Finland-based firm, adding that Laes has plans to form his own start-up. Rovio has yet to provide any official release on the news, and representatives have thus far …
Read More »Unreal Engine 4 support comes to Ouya
Developers utilizing Unreal Engine 4 can now make games specifically for Ouya, the microconsole company has announced. The Unreal Engine blog hosts an announcement from the Ouya team, which explains devs will need an Unreal Engine subscription as well as their Unreal account linked via GitHub to download the Ouya …
Read More »Oculus debuts first in-house film at Sundance
Oculus VR’s Story Studio has debuted its first film – an animated short dubbed Lost” – at the Sundance Film Festival this week. Variety reports on the film, which was developed specifically for a virtual 360-degree environment. It is intended to unfold in about five minutes,” in which the viewer …
Read More »Hyrule Warriors ships 1m units worldwide
Hyrule Warriors has shipped a million copies internationally since its launch last year, publisher Koei Tecmo has announced. A Koei Tecmo Europe representative confirmed the milestone to Joystiq, and the company is celebrating by releasing a batch of desktop wallpapers based on the fighting mash-up. Hyrule Warriors originally launched last …
Read More »Brian Fargo confirms The Bard’s Tale IV in development for 2015 launch
InXile Entertainment’s Brian Fargo has confirmed The Bard’s Tale IV will launch this year. "It’s official.. And I’m very personally excited to be working on this. More details to follow," Fargo posted on Twitter alongside a logo of the upcoming title. Fargo wouldn’t get more specific than the 2015 release …
Read More »Doom featured in upcoming Mythbusters episode
Television program Mythbusters will take a look at the Doom franchise this weekend, to see if it’s actually possible to carry all the in-game items available to the player. The video posted by Bethesda earlier this week reveals the upcoming collaboration between Discovery’s show and id Software’s FPS series. id’s …
Read More »Steam top ten sellers chart: January 18-24
Grand Theft Auto V has taken the top spot on the latest Steam weekly top sellers chart, following the game’s first full week of pre-order availability. Rockstar’s upcoming PC release edged out last week’s winner H1Z1, which still finished in the respectable position of runner-up. A fairly diverse mix line …
Read More »Microsoft considering HoloLens support for Xbox One, PC
Microsoft announced HoloLens last week as a standalone device, but the company is exploring the possibility of its integration with PC and its Xbox One console as well. In an interview with Polygon, Xbox boss Phil Spencer explained how a successful launch on its own would almost certainly present scenarios …
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