Bungie's former vice president of production, Elizabeth Howard, has joined U.S. publisher Midwest Games as the company prepares to deploy a new "shadow publishing" model.

Howard has been named chief advisor of services at Midwest and will work to deliver "tailored publishing solutions that empower game developers and bring incredible experiences to players."

Prior to joining Midwest, Howard led Bungie development and publishing production teams on Destiny 2: The Final Shape. She also held key roles at 2K and Aspyr, serving as vice president of publishing operations and VP of publishing, respectively.

Midwest was established by former Harebrained Sch…

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Developer Jeremías Babini passed away "unexpectedly" over the weekend, according to collaborator Daniel Benmergui.

The Argentinian developer worked with Benmergui on 2023's Storyteller as an artist and co-designer. They first teamed with musician Hernán Rozenwasser on 2017's Fidel Dungeon Rescue.

"[Jeremías] he poured his humor into every character, every animation, every detail," wrote Benmergui. "He gave life to everything we did." Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches

Babini first got into games in 2010 as an animator at …

Nintendo's shares have soared ahead of the official reveal of its long-rumored console-handheld hybrid, the NX. 

As reported by Bloomberg, shares surged by as much as 4.6 percent in Tokyo today, adding over $1 billion to Nintendo's market value.  Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches

"The reveal comes relatively late for a game console that is slated to go on sale in March," said Ace Research Institute analyst Hideki Yasuda, speaking to Bloomberg.

"It has to be sufficiently different from Wii U and deliver on Nintendo’s promise of a completely new concept device."<…

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Video games: What started with Pong is today a colossal worldwide industry and money-making juggernaut. In 2017, the interactive entertainment industry recorded revenues of more than $108 billion according New York-based SuperData. Mobile games followed by PC, consoles, VR and AR, video, and then esports, are challenging global audiences with games that are complex, compelling and fast, and only getting more so.

When it comes to video games, we think about the genius behind creating them, and not necessarily about the hardware, software and science that underpins the delivery of that billions in revenue.

The truth is that in par…

Sony said last week that PlayStation’s foray into the realm of mobile games, PlayStation Mobile, would be discontinued. Come from Soccer 13 pools and matches

This means that PSM games will no longer be distributed on PlayStation storefronts starting July 15 this year. The PSM DevPortal will shutter on November 30.

Sony launched PSM to the public in 2012, as a software framework meant as a low-barrier option for smaller developers to create mobile games for PS Vita and PlayStation-certified Android devices.

PSM didn’t get the traction that Sony had hoped for, but worthwhile games were still released on the platform, including Vlambeer’s…

“I briefly considered making an actual presentation for this, but I figured I’ve made it this far without ever using a PowerPoint, so I’m just going to wing it again.”

Oculus CTO John Carmack opened his mobile VR lecture today with a joke about his legacy of performing off-the-cuff presentations during his time at id Software. But while Carmack made his name in PC game development, his GDC 2015 presentation was aimed squarely at getting game developers to appreciate mobile.

“The first thing I get asked a lot is…why mobile VR at all?” said Carmack. “Why aren’t I working on PC, with all the latest and greatest stuff? Why am I spending almost all of my time working almost exclusively on this?”

The answer, it…

Nintendo will release a new version of the Switch next year to ensure its handheld-home console hybrid remains competitive.

According to the Wall Street Journal, which claims to have spoken with "suppliers and others with direct knowledge of the plan," the Japanese outfit wants to ensure the Switch maintains its impressive sales trajectory. 

The console has sold almost 20 million units in roughly 18 months on shelves, meaning it's already managed to surpass the Wii U's lifetime sales total of 13.6 million units by some margin. 

Nintendo apparently hasn't decided how it'll update the system, and is still mulling over a number of possibilities. �…

After a strong start, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS has sold 1.2 million copies in the U.S. across both digital and retail channels since its release a little over a month ago, according to Nintendo. The game was released on October 3 in North America, and in the U.S. alone, it's crossed the million-seller mark. 20 percent of those copies were sold digitally, which works out to 240,000 copies downloaded from Nintendo's eShop. The game had globally sold 3.22 million copies as of October 30, according to Nintendo's latest quarterly report. Nintendo is looking to the Wii U edition of the game, which releases next week, to boost sales of its console. The two …