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Apple Design Awards 2025 Winners Announced: CapWords, Speechify and Neva Bag Top Spots
Apple on Wednesday announced the list of winners and finalists of the Design Awards 2025 across several app and game categories. Presented each year since 1996, the annual awards commemorate developers and their work on bringing innovation and technical advancements to their apps across Apple devices like iPhone, iPad, and mac. A total of 12 stando...
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Bungie Conducting 'Thorough Review' of Marathon After Artist Accuses Studio of Plagiarism
Marathon is embroiled in a plagiarism controversy after an independent Scottish artist said the game used assets from her work without her permission. Developer Bungie, which has been accused of plagiarism several times before, acknowledged the incident on Friday and claimed a former staff member was responsible for the artist’s work appearing in...
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Microsoft Unveils Copilot for Gaming With In-Game Assistance, Seamless Game Setup for Xbox Gamers
Microsoft is developing Copilot for Gaming, an AI assistant for Xbox gamers. Announced in a blog post, it will streamline gaming experiences by providing tutorials, in-game assistance, and natural language support for installing or updating games. Additionally, it will offer players progress recaps. It will initially be available on smartphones, Mi...
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PS6 Could Launch in 2027 as Chip Design Said to Be Complete
Microsoft believes its next-gen Xbox console and Sony’s PlayStation 6 will launch in 2028. A new claim, however, advances that timeline, suggesting the PlayStation parent is further along the development cycle for the PS5 successor. The design of the chip that will power the PS6 is reportedly ready, and Sony could begin producing the SoC for test...
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Google Play Best of 2024: Indus Battle Royale, WhatsApp Among Top Apps and Games on Play Store in India
Google on Tuesday announced its annual list of top games and apps on the Play Store in India. The Google Play Best of 2024 awards focus on apps that have a practical and user-centric design at their centre, developed by Indian developers for niche audiences. The company highlights the advancements made across sectors such as personalised news, fash...
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Shift Up Says Its Considering Launching Stellar Blade on PC in 2025
Stellar Blade, the action-adventure title from Korean studio Shift Up, is being considered for a PC launch in 2025, the developer said in its latest financial earnings report on Tuesday. The game launched exclusively on PS5 in April and sold over a million copies as of June.
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The Next Mass Effect Will Have 'Photorealistic' Art Style and 'Mature' Tone, Project Director Says
BioWare is all set to launch Dragon Age: The Veilguard on October 31 across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. Ahead of its release, the game’s character design, that favour a slightly cartoonish style, have proven to be divisive among fans. BioWare has now commented on the planned art style of the next Mass Effect game currently in development at the ...
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Sony Announces Layer-2 Blockchain ‘Soneium’ in Collaboration with Startale Labs
Sony is working with Startale Labs to create a layer-2 blockchain called Soneium. A blog published on the official site of Soneium said this blockchain is being designed on the basics of ‘open Internet’ to encourage the creation of decentralised landscape for entertainment, gaming, and finance sectors among others.
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Apple Updates Game Porting Toolkit With Support for Bringing Mac Game Ports to iPhone, iPad
Apple Game Porting Toolkit 2.0 will allow developers to port popular game titles designed for Windows to run on macOS, and then port the same game to run on iOS and iPadOS. The updated version of Apple's Game Porting Toolkit is expected to arrive later this year along with macOS Sequoia.
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Sony Working on New PlayStation Platform for Free-to-Play Mobile Games, Job Listing Reveals
Sony seems to be working on a new platform for free-to-play mobile games, according to details revealed via a PlayStation job listing. The job listing for the role of a Mobile Platform Architect mentions that the position requires designing PlayStation’s platform for “developing, publishing, and operating free-to-play mobile games.”
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Google Launches Accessibility-Focused Project Gameface on Android to Offer Hands-Free Navigation
Google has expanded its Project Gameface, an open-source project aimed at making tech devices more accessible, to Android, and now it can be used to control the smartphone interface. The project was first introduced during Google I/O 2023 as a hands-free gaming mouse that can be controlled using head movements and facial expressions. These were des...
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Palworld Crosses 25 Million Players on PC and Xbox, 15 Million Copies Sold on Steam
Palworld, the action-adventure survival title that broke player count records on Steam at launch, has sold 15 million copies on Valve’s platform. Developers Pocketpair announced Thursday that the game’s total player count had gone past 25 million, with 15 million players on Steam and 10 million players on Xbox. Since its release last month, Pal...
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Mumbaikars Will Soon be Able to Check City Development Status Through Metaverse
Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, has unveiled the ‘Mumbai Metropolis Metaverse’. The portal not only lets visitors navigate through the financial capital of the country, but also lets them indulge in games which include activities such as designing the city.
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Palworld Accused of Plagiarising Pokémon as Game Sells 6 Million Copies, Pocketpair CEO Responds
Palworld, the viral hit action-adventure survival title from Japanese developers Pocketpair, has taken the gaming industry by storm, climbing to the top of Steam charts and selling six million copies in just four days of release. But as the game’s concurrent player count balloons, it has found itself embroiled in a plagiarism controversy, with ma...
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Microsoft Partners With Inworld to Bring AI Game Development Tools to Its Studios
Microsoft is partnering with Inworld AI to bring new game development tools to Xbox’s studios. The multi-year deal brings an AI design co-pilot and a character runtime engine that will help create characters, and write entire scripts and questlines based on prompts. While it is completely optional to use these tools, the announcement comes at a t...
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Apple Design Awards 2025 Winners Announced: CapWords, Speechify and Neva Bag Top Spots
Apple on Wednesday announced the list of winners and finalists of the Design Awards 2025 across several app and game categories. Presented each year since 1996, the annual awards commemorate developers and their work on bringing innovation and technical advancements to their apps across Apple devices like iPhone, iPad, and mac. A total of 12 stando...
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Bungie Conducting 'Thorough Review' of Marathon After Artist Accuses Studio of Plagiarism
Marathon is embroiled in a plagiarism controversy after an independent Scottish artist said the game used assets from her work without her permission. Developer Bungie, which has been accused of plagiarism several times before, acknowledged the incident on Friday and claimed a former staff member was responsible for the artist’s work appearing in...
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Microsoft Unveils Copilot for Gaming With In-Game Assistance, Seamless Game Setup for Xbox Gamers
Microsoft is developing Copilot for Gaming, an AI assistant for Xbox gamers. Announced in a blog post, it will streamline gaming experiences by providing tutorials, in-game assistance, and natural language support for installing or updating games. Additionally, it will offer players progress recaps. It will initially be available on smartphones, Mi...
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PS6 Could Launch in 2027 as Chip Design Said to Be Complete
Microsoft believes its next-gen Xbox console and Sony’s PlayStation 6 will launch in 2028. A new claim, however, advances that timeline, suggesting the PlayStation parent is further along the development cycle for the PS5 successor. The design of the chip that will power the PS6 is reportedly ready, and Sony could begin producing the SoC for test...
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Google Play Best of 2024: Indus Battle Royale, WhatsApp Among Top Apps and Games on Play Store in India
Google on Tuesday announced its annual list of top games and apps on the Play Store in India. The Google Play Best of 2024 awards focus on apps that have a practical and user-centric design at their centre, developed by Indian developers for niche audiences. The company highlights the advancements made across sectors such as personalised news, fash...
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Shift Up Says Its Considering Launching Stellar Blade on PC in 2025
Stellar Blade, the action-adventure title from Korean studio Shift Up, is being considered for a PC launch in 2025, the developer said in its latest financial earnings report on Tuesday. The game launched exclusively on PS5 in April and sold over a million copies as of June.
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The Next Mass Effect Will Have 'Photorealistic' Art Style and 'Mature' Tone, Project Director Says
BioWare is all set to launch Dragon Age: The Veilguard on October 31 across PC, PS5 and Xbox Series S/X. Ahead of its release, the game’s character design, that favour a slightly cartoonish style, have proven to be divisive among fans. BioWare has now commented on the planned art style of the next Mass Effect game currently in development at the ...
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Sony Announces Layer-2 Blockchain ‘Soneium’ in Collaboration with Startale Labs
Sony is working with Startale Labs to create a layer-2 blockchain called Soneium. A blog published on the official site of Soneium said this blockchain is being designed on the basics of ‘open Internet’ to encourage the creation of decentralised landscape for entertainment, gaming, and finance sectors among others.
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Apple Updates Game Porting Toolkit With Support for Bringing Mac Game Ports to iPhone, iPad
Apple Game Porting Toolkit 2.0 will allow developers to port popular game titles designed for Windows to run on macOS, and then port the same game to run on iOS and iPadOS. The updated version of Apple's Game Porting Toolkit is expected to arrive later this year along with macOS Sequoia.
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Sony Working on New PlayStation Platform for Free-to-Play Mobile Games, Job Listing Reveals
Sony seems to be working on a new platform for free-to-play mobile games, according to details revealed via a PlayStation job listing. The job listing for the role of a Mobile Platform Architect mentions that the position requires designing PlayStation’s platform for “developing, publishing, and operating free-to-play mobile games.”
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Google Launches Accessibility-Focused Project Gameface on Android to Offer Hands-Free Navigation
Google has expanded its Project Gameface, an open-source project aimed at making tech devices more accessible, to Android, and now it can be used to control the smartphone interface. The project was first introduced during Google I/O 2023 as a hands-free gaming mouse that can be controlled using head movements and facial expressions. These were des...
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Palworld Crosses 25 Million Players on PC and Xbox, 15 Million Copies Sold on Steam
Palworld, the action-adventure survival title that broke player count records on Steam at launch, has sold 15 million copies on Valve’s platform. Developers Pocketpair announced Thursday that the game’s total player count had gone past 25 million, with 15 million players on Steam and 10 million players on Xbox. Since its release last month, Pal...
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Mumbaikars Will Soon be Able to Check City Development Status Through Metaverse
Devendra Fadnavis, the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra, has unveiled the ‘Mumbai Metropolis Metaverse’. The portal not only lets visitors navigate through the financial capital of the country, but also lets them indulge in games which include activities such as designing the city.
-
Palworld Accused of Plagiarising Pokémon as Game Sells 6 Million Copies, Pocketpair CEO Responds
Palworld, the viral hit action-adventure survival title from Japanese developers Pocketpair, has taken the gaming industry by storm, climbing to the top of Steam charts and selling six million copies in just four days of release. But as the game’s concurrent player count balloons, it has found itself embroiled in a plagiarism controversy, with ma...
-
Microsoft Partners With Inworld to Bring AI Game Development Tools to Its Studios
Microsoft is partnering with Inworld AI to bring new game development tools to Xbox’s studios. The multi-year deal brings an AI design co-pilot and a character runtime engine that will help create characters, and write entire scripts and questlines based on prompts. While it is completely optional to use these tools, the announcement comes at a t...
