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Creating augmented reality archery game, Shadow Shooter
Creating augmented reality archery game, Shadow Shooter
Masasuke Yasumoto, a professor at the Kanagawa Institute of Technology, created a compelling AR archery experience that uses a real bow with a projector mounted to its front as a controller.
Dec. 1, 2015
Memories of Xbox Live Arcade, from its most successful devs
Memories of Xbox Live Arcade, from its most successful devs
"XBLA opened a door that blocked independent and smaller developers from the largest game consumers at the time." - Super Meat Boy dev Tommy Refenes
Dec. 1, 2015
Supercell partners with Apple to use its IAP-selling power for charity
Supercell partners with Apple to use its IAP-selling power for charity
Mobile game titan Supercell is working with Apple to sell special "(RED)" in-app purchases for its three popular games and donate the proceeds to The Global Fund To Fight AIDS.
Dec. 1, 2015
Adobe bids farewell to Flash, announces Animate rebranding
Adobe bids farewell to Flash, announces Animate rebranding
Adobe has at long last confirmed the death of Flash, announcing plans to rebrand its ageing web animation software as Adobe Animate CC early next year.
Dec. 1, 2015
Nintendo's new Account service is live in Japan
Nintendo's new Account service is live in Japan
Nintendo has gone ahead and launched its new Nintendo Account service in Japan this week, outlined back in October as a cross-platform console, PC and mobile service that would help expand Nintendo's audience.
Dec. 1, 2015
Weaving death and narrative together in This Book is a Dungeon
Weaving death and narrative together in This Book is a Dungeon
'A theme I settled on early in the project: kill players in horrible, awful, icky ways, but to make those death sequences as memorable as possible.'
Nov. 30, 2015
Thanks to a debug-mode hack, you can now freely mess with EarthBound
Thanks to a debug-mode hack, you can now freely mess with EarthBound
Thanks to a new hack, you can muck about with one of the most lauded games of the JRPG genre -- and lay its secrets bare.
Nov. 30, 2015
Saved from their bankrupt parent company, sim devs form new studio
Saved from their bankrupt parent company, sim devs form new studio
Just Flight is evidently the "new company" former Mastertronic MD Andy Payne mentioned would be spun out of the firm last week as Mastertronic sold it off to a new buyer amid bankruptcy proceedings.
Nov. 30, 2015
Mario Kart 8 is next on Disney's list of televised eSports experiments
Mario Kart 8 is next on Disney's list of televised eSports experiments
Disney continues to push eSports on its Disney XD TV channel with "Clash of Karts: Mario Kart 8," an hour-long special featuring kids and YouTubers competing in the latest Mario Kart game.
Nov. 30, 2015
Call of Duty still on top -- during Black Friday, anyway
Call of Duty still on top -- during Black Friday, anyway
And Sony's doing a good job of staying on top, even with a massive Microsoft deal creating inroads for the system.
Nov. 30, 2015
Konami gives Pro Evo 2016 the free-to-play treatment
Konami gives Pro Evo 2016 the free-to-play treatment
Konami will release a free-to-play version of its annual football sim, Pro Evolution Soccer 2016, exclusively for PS3 and PS4 on December 8.
Nov. 30, 2015
Sensitive data compromised in massive edu-game company hack
Sensitive data compromised in massive edu-game company hack
The personal information of nearly 5 million parents and over 200,000 children has been stolen from the China-based device manufacturer.
Nov. 30, 2015