Tag: Indie Games

Gaming News Wrap [25 July 2013]

Good morning you tasty beings you. We hope the flattery isn’t misconstrued as anything more than the cheap attempt to get in your good graces that it is. We truly do think you are tasty. Microsoft have done what many will claim is an about turn on indie developers and games on the Xbox One. The firm has announced that…

Gaming News Wrap [19 July 2013]

Good morning and welcome to the start of the weekend. If you’re an eSports watcher, then turn your eyes to the Inter-Regional tonight brought to you by MSSA and MWEB. While some analysts predict that ‘Xbox One, PS4 and Wii U won’t match their predecessor’s sales’, pre-orders of the new consoles appear to say otherwise. Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot has said that “Some…

Gaming News Wrap [16 July 2013]

Good morning. It’s another spectacular Chewsday. Hey, that joke will never get old. The Last of Us has held on to the number one spot in the UK games chart for the fifth week in a row, probably setting a record for the year. [More on CVG] The Xbox One family sharing feature may make a return post-launch if it’s…

Gaming News Wrap [12 July 2013]

Good morning and happy Friday to you all. Microsoft is pitching the Xbox One as a business tool to small businesses. The reasoning is that the Xbox One offers features (Kinect and Skype) that “could help it rival even the most modest of video conferencing and networking platforms” all for only $499. I’d happily right it off as a business expense.…

Gaming News Wrap [29 May 2013]

Welcome to the middle of the week. Let’s get you through it with these tasty treats we like to call brain food. Next-generation Contrary to comments by an EA exec claiming that the Xbox One and PS4 are “a generation ahead of the highest end PC”, Epic’s VP has said otherwise. Mark Rein said: “The article said ‘highest-end PCs currently available’ which…

Gaming News Wrap [23 May 2013]

Good morning.  Everything back to normal after all the Xbox One activity?  Nope… Ryse, the Crytek developed Kinect title, has been confirmed as an Xbox One exclusive ahead of its E3 reveal.  And no-one’s even surprised by that news… [via CVG] With Tuesday’s Xbox One reveal came a fair amount of confusion over a number of elements.  None of those…

Cape Town game dev says he does not see ‘AAA titles’ in South Africa’s future

…but nor does this bother him. The developer is Quarter Circle Forward Design’s [Desktop Dungeons], Danny ‘Disleksia’ Day. The Cape Town based developer told Eurogamer that while he does not see AAA titles in South Africa’s game-developing future, the local game development scene is “more interesting than it’s ever been before.” “We’re in on the ground floor when it comes…