Entries in 'developer' (80)
Krome Studios closes doors
Developer Krome Studios has closed its doors resulting in all staff losing their jobs, according to reports on IGN.
Kotick: Bungie is the last great indie
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick wants the world to know his firm is embarking on an exclusive ten-year partnership with Bungie, and in typical fashion he is doing so by way ...
Developer events targeted by UKIE
New-look trade body UKIE is to sponsor both the Develop Quiz and Develop Football Challenge.
Playlogic files for bankruptcy
Dutch publisher and developer Playlogic has finally filed for bankruptcy after a torrid year that has seen it slip deeper and deeper into trouble.
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£300 Rockstar Games book incoming
German art books publisher Steidl will publish a three-volume hardback pictorial history of Rockstar Games next month - but it won't come cheap.
CoD: Black Ops gets new developer?
According to reports from G4, the site that broke many of the early headlines in the Activision-Infinity Ward saga, Raven Software has become the latest developer to be drafted ...
Game Room dev suffers further layoffs?
More staff redundancies have taken place at Australian outfit Krome, reports suggest.
Warner Bros buys Turbine
Warner Bros. has acquired indie MMO developer Turbine in what is reported to be a $160 million deal.
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News Corp acquires developer
Rupert Murdoch’s high-profile entry into the video games sector has been talked about for years, though whether the acquisition of Irata Labs is really the beginning of a new era ...
Google hires its first games boss
Former SCEA man Mark DeLoura has been named as Google's 'developer advocate' for video games, and is set to start in the new position today. This appointment marks the first ...
Apple risks developers' wrath
Apple can hardly be described as a developer’s closest friend at the best of times, but two key announcements that emerged from last night’s Apple iPhone OS4 preview are likely ...
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Devs' delight at tax break reform
The British game industry is revelling in the news that the UK will now receive game development tax breaks.
ISFE denies PEGI ratings dev snub
The Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE) says that it doesn’t ignore the views of developers in respect to assigning PEGI age ratings on games.
Bizarre sticks up for Activision
Having had to deal with almost relentless criticism in the wake of the ongoing Infinity Ward scandal, publisher Activision will no doubt have been warmed by recent comments from ...
Job losses at Rebellion's Oxford HQ?
Longstanding UK developer Rebellion has made a small number of staff at its Oxford HQ redundant, a source close to the matter has claimed.
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Nintendo studio Cing ‘bankrupt’
Multiple reports circulating the internet are suggesting that Cing – developer of renowned titles such as Hotel Dusk, Another Code and Little King's Story – has filed for bankruptcy.
EA eying mobile dev IronMonkey?
EA has acquired Australian mobile game developer IronMonkey Studios, reports allege.
Rockstar Leeds duo form new studio
Two senior developers are in the process of leaving Rockstar Leeds to kick-start their own indie development studio, Double 11.
11,500 dev layoffs since '08
The global game industry has been hit by as many as 11,500 job losses since late 2008, a new study suggests.
Transmission Games closes doors
Melbourne-based Transmission Games has closed, according to new reports.
Job losses at EA Maxis
EA's Maxis studio - originally responsible for The Sims franchise and most recently Spore - has seen layoffs amongst its staff, the publisher has confirmed.
Wolfenstein dev suffers job losses
Layoffs have been administered to some of the development force responsible for Activision’s new Wolfenstein game.
Gearbox offloading Heat IP
Gearbox Software has revealed that it may sell to other studios the right to develop a game based on the 1995 Michael Mann film Heat.
EA opens new iPhone studio
Electronic Arts has unveiled its 8lb Gorilla; the newest addition to its fleet of development studios.
