Oculus Rift: John Carmack's VR headset takes to Kickstarter
Gabe Newell, Cliff Bleszinski throw support behind newly named device; $250,000 target bypassed with ease.
1Gabe Newell, Cliff Bleszinski throw support behind newly named device; $250,000 target bypassed with ease.
1"This is awesome, why isn't this Castlevania?" MercurySteam's game was simply called Lords Of Shadow until Kojima intervened.
Feature-limited F2P option to run alongside monthly subscription model from autumn; is this the death of the subs model?
1Gabe Newell, Cliff Bleszinski throw support behind newly named device; $250,000 target bypassed with ease.
1"This is awesome, why isn't this Castlevania?" MercurySteam's game was simply called Lords Of Shadow until Kojima intervened.
Take-Two pinned its poor financial performance in the three months ending June 30 on poor sales of Max Payne 3 and Spec Ops: The Line. In a press release to announce the publisher's latest financial results, CEO Strauss Zelnick admitted that sales of the two games were "lower than anticipated", and were the driving factor in Take-Two's results failing to meet expectations. More >
1Feature-limited F2P option to run alongside monthly subscription model from autumn; is this the death of the subs model?
1UK general manager says acquistion is good for the industry, but that OnLive sale to Microsoft would "defeat the purpose" of cloud gaming.
Patrice Désilets says original game is "an amazing toy" because it gave players more freedom than the games that followed.
1Sega Sammy's gaming division trimmed its quarterly losses by more than half in the three months ending June 30, suggesting that the company's restructuring effort is proving successful. More >
ModDB, the community site for user-made mods of PC games, is 10 years old. The site, founded in 2002 by Scott Reismanis, has marked the occasion with a timeline documenting its 10-year history, during which it hosted the likes of Garry's Mod, the million-selling Source Engine mod. More >
"I don't want to challenge their thumbs, I want to challenge their minds," says Quantic Dream CEO.
4Sega's official Olympics tie-in London 2012: The Official Videogame is the new number one in the UK all-formats software chart. The games-buying public appears to have been inspired by Danny Boyle's opening ceremony on Friday night, propelling Sega's game to the top of the charts - and the publisher's other tie-in, Mario & Sonic At The London 2012 Olympic Games, has also profited, rising five places to number three. More >
"The decision on whether to go free-to-play, certainly on mobile, is dead," says Japanese mobile giant.
2Newly launched pop-up communications agency Commercial Break will work with college leavers from underprivileged backgrounds over the summer to provide a marketing campaign for Ubisoft's upcoming Wii U game, Zombi U. The agency will open in London for two months over the summer, providing eight places on the team for students aged 18 to 19 from colleges across the city. More >
Company still in the red, but shrinks losses by a third and still expects a return to profit this year.
Digital retailer Green Man Gaming has begun offering boxed PC and console games to its UK customers in addition to downloadable titles. The move follows a merger with social gaming network Playfire earlier in the month, and represents another step in the company's plans to court console gamers and increase its portfolio across all formats. More >
1Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes is the first game in 2012 to occupy the number one spot in the UK all-formats software chart for five successive weeks. More >
Microsoft shipped 1.1 million Xbox 360 consoles in the three months ending June 30, a decline of 35 per cent from last year's 1.7 million. More >
Art editor Andrew Hind's designs available now from online videogame clothing specialist.
Phil Fish opts against fixing save file bug that affects less than one per cent of users because "Microsoft would charge us tens of thousands".
16Edge an exclusive partner for Plymouth festival, which moves to Bath this year.
Dean "Rocket" Hall thinks players will see each other as potential allies, not threats - but admits it's "not under the designer's control".