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Yu Suzuki talks Shenmue 3 with PS4 designer Mark Cerny

This should probably be one of the biggest headlines of 2013. Meggan Scavio, of GDC management, tweeted a photo just today of PS4 designer Mark Cerny and former Sega developer Yu Suzuki. The subject of their meeting? Shenmue III.

Check out the photo…
Shenmue 3 Yu Suzuki Mark Cerny PS4Even former Epic Games developer, and creator of Unreal Tournament and Gears of War got excited, retweeting the photo. What does this mean exactly? … [ Read More... ]

Epic shows off NEW Unreal Engine 4 real time demo on PS4 & PC

At GDC 2013, Epic Games displayed a real time demo of their highly anticipated Unreal Engine graphics technology running on Playstation 4.

Check out the Unreal Engine 4 Elemental demo running in real time on the PS4

Compared the Unreal Engine 4 on PC vs PS4

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It looks pretty good overall, but is noticeably less smooth than the UE4 Elemental PC demo shown … [ Read More... ]

Having More Diverse Characters in Video Games Will Make Them Sell Better?

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Tom Abernathy, Microsoft’s narrative designer had started his narrative talk at GDCGame Developers Conference, with a tale about his daughter..

“[My daughter] made it clear that she didn’t like listening to songs that weren’t sung by girls, watching movies without girls, reading books not about girls, and her least favorite thing was when she’d be playing a game and she had to play a guy. Or [ Read More... ]

Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada resigns, Yosuke Matsuda moves in

Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada resigns

Everyone’s favorite Japanese CEO, Yoichi Wada, has resigned from his position at former RPG giant Square Enix. This comes immediately after an investor update stating that the company expects “extraordinary losses” as it reorganizes its business plan. The losses are predicted primarily due to slow sales of major console game titles in North American and European markets. Furthermore, the mobile and arcade market are also considered to be … [ Read More... ]