With PlayStation Vita, Sony believes it has learned from its past hardware's reputation for being difficult to develop for and, thanks to feedback from first and thirdparty studios, has produced its "most developer-friendly hardware yet."
Though it’s hard to picture Media Molecule’s all-conquering LittleBigPlanet as anything other than the assuredly solid package that it became, a keynote discussion with studio founders - chaired by Phil Harrison - at the Develop conference in Brighton this morning revealed its inception was far from smooth.
"Your move, Unreal” chirps a hirsute Twisted Pixel staffer during an opening splash sequence advertising the studio’s engine, Beard. It’s easily the funniest moment in the game, but he could just as easily be offering the challenge to Duke Nukem, given the rampant, though daft, sexism prevalent throughout the game.
PopCap has announced a global agreement with Sony Ericsson that will see its games pre-loaded on the Xperia mini range of smartphones and "officially mark the arrival of PopCap’s game titles on Android devices in Europe."
Apple made a staggering $7.31 billion profit in the three months to June 25, more than double the $3.2 billion it made over the same period last year, according to its latest financial results.
Sales revenue rose almost 82 per cent to $28.57 billion, driven by an 183 per cent increase in iPad sales, with the company selling 9.25 million tablets during the quarter. Sales of iPhones also sharply increased, with 20.34 million units sold, a rise of 142 per cent year on year.
“It’s not a technology problem or a hardware problem or a business problem – it’s a design problem,” said Microsoft Game Studio’s business development manager Phil Waymouth today, when addressing the difficulties of moving from creating standalone console games to crafting cross-media IPs that spans platforms.
Zynga has been accused of using a competitor’s source code to create a number of popular Facebook games including FarmVille, FrontierVille, CityVille and FishVille.
myFarm developer SocialApps has sued Zynga for alleged copyright infringement, violation of trade secrets and breach of written contract, among other charges, Patent Arcade reports.
Michael Acton Smith, CEO of Mind Candy, maker of web-based kids game Moshi Monsters, told the audience at Develop that games have an unexploited ability to produce the world’s leading entertainment brands.
Speaking to Edge, Bethesda vice president of marketing Pete Hines explains that the publisher and developer will continue to look for new developers to work with, but that acquisitions are not necessarily at the forefront of its mind.
"We're always talking to folks that we like and respect to see: should we be making a game together? What are your ideas? What do you guys wanna do? And wherever it makes sense, we will." he said during an interview published on the site today.
Speaking to Edge, Bethesda vice president of marketing Pete Hines explains that the publisher and developer will continue to look for new developers to work with, but that acquisitions are not necessarily at the forefront of its mind.
"We're always talking to folks that we like and respect to see: should we be making a game together? What are your ideas? What do you guys wanna do? And wherever it makes sense, we will." he said during an interview published on the site today.
Bethesda has been both a developer and a publisher since it established in 1986, but over the last few years, it’s moved to becoming one of the world’s leading gaming companies.