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Wii U GamePad reverse-engineered
Wii U GamePad reverse-engineered
A group of developers has reverse-engineered the Nintendo Wii U GamePad, peeling back the layers to discover the methods by which the controller connects with the main Wii U console.
May 15, 2013
DICE has a mobile Frostbite engine in the works
DICE has a mobile Frostbite engine in the works
DICE has confirmed the existence of a mobile version of its Frostbite game engine, noting that a number of Frostbite-powered mobile games are currently in development.
May 15, 2013
Activision wants to buy a piece of itself back from Vivendi
Activision wants to buy a piece of itself back from Vivendi
Activision Blizzard's majority stake holder Vivendi is gearing up to have another go at selling its stake in the World of Warcraft company.
May 15, 2013
Sponsored: Win $100K in Intel's Perceptual Computing Challenge
Sponsored: Win $100K in Intel's Perceptual Computing Challenge
Intel wants to inspire developers to forge new ground by integrating voice control, gesture control, facial recognition, and augmented reality with apps and games on PCs.
May 14, 2013
GDC Europe sees 25% submission boost, adds Crytek, CD Projekt board members
GDC Europe sees 25% submission boost, adds Crytek, CD Projekt board members
Organizers of this August's GDC Europe have announced more than 275 talk submissions, adding Advisory Board notables from CD Projekt (The Witcher) and Crytek (Warface).
May 14, 2013
Get a job: Wargaming is hiring a Build Engineer
Get a job: Wargaming is hiring a Build Engineer
"Wargaming is looking for a Build Engineer to be responsible for maintaining the build environment, performing daily/nightly software builds, and deploying builds to development and clients."
May 14, 2013
Sony tells us what's going on with the PlayStation Vita
Sony tells us what's going on with the PlayStation Vita
Sony's counting on a wide breadth of developers to save the slow-selling PlayStation Vita. We talk to Sony biz dev manager Shahid Kamal Ahmad about the future of the platform.
May 14, 2013
Capcom's Phoenix Wright franchise goes download-only
Capcom's Phoenix Wright franchise goes download-only
Capcom has made the decision to release the upcoming Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies, the latest in the popular court-room adventure game, as a download-only title for Nintendo 3DS.
May 14, 2013
Nvidia's Android handheld costs as much as a Wii U
Nvidia's Android handheld costs as much as a Wii U
The Nvidia Shield, an upcoming handheld game device that can both play Android games and stream games from your PC, will launch in June for $349.
May 14, 2013
Twitch video game broadcasting comes to Xbox 360
Twitch video game broadcasting comes to Xbox 360
With live video game broadcasting becoming more and more popular, video streaming service Twitch today released a dedicated app for the Xbox 360, which allows users to watch broadcasts directly on their home console.
May 14, 2013
Angry Birds studio Rovio moves into mobile publishing
Angry Birds studio Rovio moves into mobile publishing
Angry Birds studio Rovio today launched a new mobile game publishing initiative, through which it plans to forge its first path into the world of third-party titles.
May 14, 2013
Another major MMORPG is going free-to-play
Another major MMORPG is going free-to-play
Trion Worlds' MMORPG Rift is set to go free-to-play, starting June 12, alongside the launch of its next major content update.
May 14, 2013