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Yuji Naka Seems to Have Left Square Enix After Balan Wonderworld’s Disappointing Reception

Balan Wonderworld was something of a disappointment both critically and commercially, and it appears that disappointment has caused director Yuji Naka to leave Square Enix. Naka is probably best known for his time at Sega, where he was one of the co-creators of Sonic the Hedgehog and served as a programmer and producer on several games. The news of his departure comes via Naka’s LinkedIn and Facebook pages, which were recently updated to show that he had departed Square Enix on April 30th. The updates were first spotted and translated

Haptics in VR gaming with Alex Meland (Haptics Club #1)

The Haptics club is an Open community about #Haptics. Founded by members of Unity, Interhaptics, Senseglove, and Nanoport. An event every other week with speakers from various industries and academia.Do you want to listen to the full podcast?Alex Meland is a Community Manager at bHaptics, and passionate about the world of haptics. bHaptics is a company that specialized in full-body haptic suits. It provides a ‘sense of touch’ to virtual reality more closely than ever before imaginable. The company believes the most elaborate haptic feedback brings gaming, entertainment, and other

Sony Exec Hypes up Upcoming PS5 Third Party Releases

It seems there’s plenty in store for the PS5 in the months and years ahead. PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst recently said that Sony has over 25 exclusive games in development for the PS5, and with those games including the likes of God of War: Ragnarok, Horizon Forbidden West, Gran Turismo 7, and many more on top of those, it definitely looks like PS5 players are going to have a lot to look forward. But there’s plenty more on the horizon as well. Responding to a post abut the aforementioned quote on

Playbase offers an instant solution to organizing simple and cost-effective competitive gaming platforms

This article is proudly sponsored by Playbase The number of tournaments being run across all gaming platforms continues to grow every year, leading tournament organizers to look for the most efficient ways to put together, host, and run their competitions.  Playbase is working to be the instant solution for those TOs, offering a simple and cost effective way to host competitive gaming platforms, with easy to use tools that will save you on resources and grant you cool features. As a product, Playbase aims to let TOs build out the

Sanlo raises $3.5M to help apps and games gain access to financial insights and capital

Having a great idea for an app or game is one thing, but scaling it to become a successful business is quite another. A new fintech startup called Sanlo aims to help. The company, which is today announcing an oversubscribed $3.5 million seed round, offers small to medium-sized game and app companies access to tools to manage their finances and capital to fuel their growth. To be clear, Sanlo is not an investor that’s taking an equity stake in the apps and games it finances. Instead, it’s offering businesses access