Entries in 'developer' (80)
Will Wright unveils new game HiveMind
Veteran games designer Will Wright has announced his latest games project and start-up developer HiveMind.
Eutechnyx secures £1.8m funding
UK developer Eutechnyx has received a regional growth fund of £1.8m from the Government to fund an online racing game.
Limbo dev: The retail model is broken
The boss of developer Playdead has said the boxed games model “has always been and still is broken”.
Now Viacom sues former Harmonix shareholders
Viacom is taking ex-shareholders of Rock Band developer Harmonix to court, following a lawsuit filed against the firm itself last year.
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Closure beckons for Codemasters Guilford
Codemasters has announced that it is “proposing to retire” its Guildford based development studio.
Techland investigating Dead Island PC concerns
The developer of Dead Island has said it is looking into claims that it released the incorrect version of zombie thriller Dead Island on Steam.
Sumo: "We forget the importance of £40"
A former Bizarre Creations developer has warned that the games industry has a nasty habit of forgetting how important £40 can be to consumers.
Double Eleven becomes exclusive Sony studio
Sony has announced that it has signed a new partnership with UK-based studio Double Eleven.
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Five days left to submit 'rough drafts' for MoMinis contest
The deadline for rough draft submissions to the MoMinis Studio GameCast contest is July 10th.
Cryptic acquired for $50m
Atari’s has sold its Californian studio Cryptic for $50 million to China’s online gaming giant Perfect World, the company has said.
MoMinis widens GameCast developer contest
The contest rules have changed from requiring developers to use only The MoMinis Studio to allowing the use of whatever tool they prefer.
PSN dev network back online
Reports are merging that the developer's version of PSN has this morning come back online.
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Ocarina 3DS gets third party dev
Nintendo has entrusted the Ocarina of time project to an obscure external developer, new data suggests.
Metacritic pulls developer ratings
Just days after introducing its new individual developer ratings, reviews aggregation site Metacritic has pulled the plug on the service.
Metacritic introduces individual dev ratings
Review score aggregator Metacritic has begun profiling individual games industry professionals.
Individual listings of studio heads, project leads and game designers currently show a basic outline of their career ...
Former Bizarre devs form Hogrocket
Former Bizarre Creations staff have this morning announced their founding of a new indie game developer called Hogrocket.
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Reports signal job losses at Rare
UK studio Rare is at the centre of conflicting accounts of layoffs across its art department.
Beenox given Spider-Man duties
Developer Beenox is now responsible for Activision’s future Spider-Man games following the release of last year's Shattered Dimensions.
Minecraft reaches 1m sales
Indie smash Minecraft has passed its millionth customer landmark, its creator has revealed.
Amazon launches Android dev portal
Online retail giant Amazon plans to throw its weight behind a new app store for Android devices.
Zynga buys Words with Friends dev
Zynga has purchased Texas-based mobile game studio Newtoy, the group has confirmed.
Rare: Look out – Kinect will be amazing
The new manager of Microsoft owned UK developer Rare has told MCV that the progress made in Kinect game development over recent months points to an amazing future for the ...
Rare now focused on Kinect
Scott Henson, the new studio manager of Microsoft owned developer Rare, has told MCV that he expects the studio to work exclusively on Kinect-compatible software going forwards.
Rare gets new studio boss
Microsoft has revealed that experienced company man Scott Henson has become the new studio manager of owned UK developer Rare.
X-Factor firm buys mobile dev
Canadian mobile game studio Ludia says it will sell a controlling 51 per cent share of the company to RTL Group, said to be Europe’s largest television and radio broadcast ...
