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Pico Cassettes are DRM tokens masquerading as game cartridges, and that’s ok
At last week’s Tokyo Game Show, Japanese company Beatrobo Inc announced a new line of mobile game cartridges called Pico Cassettes, which are meant to be plugged into your smartphone’s headphone jack. Beatrobo CEO Hiroshi Asaeda said that Pico Cassettes are meant to be a nostalgic callback to the game cartridges that ruled the console industry in the ’80s ...
“It’s possible to do a successful launch independently of Steam,” says ‘Big Pharma’ creator Tim Wicksteed
For many independent game developers, Valve Corp.’s Steam Store is the most important sales market on PC by far, and thanks to programs like Steam Greenlight and Steam Early Access, which make it easier for developers to get their games in front of consumers, the platform’s prominence in indie gaming has only gotten bigger. While ...
Unity launches “director’s commentary for games” site called Made with Unity
Game engine maker Unity Technologies announced today that it would be launching a new developer-driven editorial platform called Made with Unity, which aims to spotlight Unity developers and their games. “What if we collected stories written by Unity developers from around the globe and put it in a place for everyone to read? A director’s ...
Former Sega of America President recalls the rise and fall of Sega in the 90s
Throughout much of the 1990s, Sonic the Hedgehog was one of the pillars of console gaming, briefly rivalling Mario as a mascot of the industry. Sadly, these days Sonic often seems to be playing second fiddle to Mario in low effort sports match-ups like the above pictured Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. ...
Mass Effect lead writer Drew Karpyshyn returns to Bioware
BioWare Corp veteran Drew Karpyshyn has announced that he will once again be working for the studio after a three-year absence. Karpyshyn was the lead writer on some of BioWare’s most memorable titles like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect 1 & 2, and he was a major contributor on several other games, including Jade Empire, the Baldur’s ...
Skype service cuts out globally, but a promised fix is coming
Update: Skype has said that it has discovered the cause of the outage, but the service is still unavailable for many users. There is no indication on when exactly the issue will be resolved, but Skype says that it is “in the process of reconnecting our users, and focused on restoring full service.” Original Article: Popular ...
Apple TV kills game variety by forcing touch remote support
Somehow Apple has managed to position itself as one of the most innovative and yet stubborn companies in the tech industry. The same company that brought us revolutionary products like the original Macintosh computer and the iPhone also stuck with the one-button mouse for around 20 years. It would be easy to blame such stubbornness on ...
“We’re not trying to make a big profit on hardware,” says Oculus creator Palmer Luckey
While Oculus Rift may have been the first virtual reality device on everyone’s lips (for this current round of VR hype anyway), it will not be hitting the market before the Valve Corp-developed HTC Vive. In spite of that, however, Oculus creator Palmer Luckey said he is not worried about more competition in the VR space. ...
‘Bloodborne: The Old Hunters’ DLC announced as yet another November game release
This is going to be a rough November for gamers with tight budgets. So far, we have several new entries from major gaming franchises like Fallout 4, Rise of the Tomb Raider, and StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void, all arriving within a few days of one another this November. Now Dark Souls creator From Software will also be throwing its ...
Witcher 3 dev: We are not being bought by EA
It seems like a fact of life in the gaming industry that any creative, semi-successful property gets bought by one of the AAA world-eaters like Electronic Arts Inc, Activision Blizzard Inc, or…well, that’s about it. Recently rumors started flying that Witcher series developer CD Projekt RED could be in acquisition talks with EA, but the Warsaw-based ...
