Diablo 3 Director Jay Wilson: Auction Houses ‘really hurt’ game Former Diablo 3 Game Director Jay Wilson admitted during a talk at GDC 2013 in San Francisco that both of Diablo 3’s Auction Houses (both the real-money and the in-game gold item auction house) “really hurt the game. via: www.joystiq.com
Kickstarted, $99 Game Console Ouya Will Launch June 4 Ouya is ready for its close-up. After a remarkably successful Kickstarter campaign that raised over $8 million last June, the startup will release its eponymous Ouya game console to retailers on June 4, it said on Thursday evening. via: www.wired.com
Metal Gear Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid 5 are separate games Yesterday at GDC, Hideo Kojima said that Metal Gear Ground Zeroes and faux-mysterious Phantom Pain were actually together Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain, and also that Ground Zeroes is the prologue. We interpreted that to mean they are one game, but that is not the case. via: www.vg247.com
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Diablo 3 for consoles ‘not necessarily a Sony exclusive’ Diablo 3 is a beast, a monster that Sony wrangled down for what appeared to be an exclusive, but that doesn’t appear to be the case. Speaking to the Penny Arcade Report, Diablo 3 Senior Producer Julia Humphreys clarified the game’s platform agnosticism saying, “We don’t have any announcements to make at this time … via: www.joystiq.com
Capcom Taps WayForward To Revive DuckTales Classic NES platformer DuckTales will be making its return to modern consoles, thanks to Capcom and Contra 4 developer WayForward Technologies. I’m a cynical old man, and as a result there are very few developers whose games I will always buy sight unseen. via: www.escapistmagazine.com
Google Maze could be the newest craze If you’re still playing Internet games like Snake and looking for a new way to appease your fidgety fingers, Google Maze might be exactly what you’re looking for . Google Maze is a simple design concept: Moving a metallic ball from one end of the screen to the next within a given time limit. via: o.canada.com
Kaiju Combat Kickstarter on hold over Wizards of the Coast trademark dispute A Kickstarter project for an indie game called Kaiju Combat: Giant Monsters has been put on hold, due to a trademark disagreement with game publisher Wizards of the Coast. Soon after raising $112,513 for its $100k goal, developer Sunstone Games received an infringement notice from Wizards of the Coast. via: www.joystiq.com
The top 14 game engines: The list in full We reveal the most essential development platforms out today Develop‘s breakdown of the top 14 game engines available today has come to an end, and you can find the full list here. Throughout the week we have been providing analysis of many of the best third-party development platforms on the market for developers of all sizes. via: www.develop-online.net
