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"I know that Dragon Age won’t just survive without me, it will thrive."
Read More »Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah have left Bioware
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Chaos Karts, the UK’s first live action video game, is coming to Shoreditch in August
Described as "the UK's first live action video game," Chaos Karts combines go-karting and augmented …
17 hours ago
IGN aid post row: 71 staff members sign open letter to leadership
Putting any other issues to one side, it looks like a clear case of interference in editorial indepe…
18 hours ago
Former BBC Studios managing director takes charge at Ubisoft studios in the UK
"I am thrilled to be joining Ubisoft Reflections & Ubisoft Leamington at such an exciting time for t…
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Rust finally comes to console: “Right from the start, we tried to keep the game as close to the PC version as possible. That’s why it took so long to develop”
On May 21st, Facepunch Studios’ astronomically popular survival game Rust is finally making its way …
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WarnerMedia to join Discovery – but fate of games businesses remains uncertain
“Some of the gaming arm will stay with AT&T and some will go with the new company.” …
[From the industry] Epic Games Releases Unreal Engine 4.26
Epic Games has released Unreal Engine 4.26
Read More »[From the industry] Ubisoft announces the Black Games Pros Mixer – UK Edition
Ubisoft today announced the first UK Black Game Pros Mixer to be held on Friday, 11th December
Read More »Vela Games announces alpha testing for Project-V – plans to reimagine co-op gaming
Dublin-based studio set for first reveal of 'reimagined cooperative play'
Read More »EG7 acquires online games specialist Daybreak – previously known as Sony Online Entertainment
Group adds a haul of online titles and IPs to its growing family
Read More »Avalanche Studios founder Christofer Sundberg launches ‘semi-distributed’ new studio: Liquid Swords
The founder and former chief creative officer of Avalanche Studios, Christofer Sundberg, has today announced the launch of a new ‘super studio’ based in Stockholm – Liquid Swords. Sundberg left Avalanche Studios, in February of last year, after sixteen years at the developer, which he founded with Linus Blomberg, and …
Read More »Aardman partners with Bandai Namco Entertainment on new IP
Aardman, the multi-award winning animation studio behind the Wallace & Gromit franchise and Chicken Run, has partnered with Bandai Namco to develop a brand new IP.
Read More »[From the industry] The Jingle Jam 2020 Games Bundle is now live, featuring 35+ games and content worth over £400
The Jingle Jam, the world’s biggest games charity event, has kicked off two weeks of fundraising with the launch of the 2020 Jingle Jam Games Bundle today.
Read More »Supercell shuts down development on Hay Day Pop
Supercell has cancelled development on its soft-launched match three puzzle title, Hay Day Pop.
Read More »Sonic the Hedgehog movie sequel to begin production in March 2021
A sequel to the successful film adaptation of Sonic the Hedgehog is set to begin production in March next year.
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Rust finally comes to console: “Right from the start, we tried to keep the game as close to the PC version as possible. That’s why it took so long to develop”
On May 21st, Facepunch Studios’ astronomically popular survival game Rust is finally making its way to PS4 and Xbox One, courtesy of Double Eleven.
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“The guiding light is to be the publisher that we would dream for us to have” – Behind the scenes at Playtonic Friends
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[ICYMI] The story of Oddworld: Soulstorm – ‘We’ve always felt that Oddworld was a tremendously undervalued IP’
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“$1.2 billion is a big number. But we think it’s a great opportunity to bring two great companies together” – The inside track on EA’s acquisition of Codemasters
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Uplift Games: Roblox’s 60m user smash-hit Adopt Me! has a new parent
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Rising Star: Bianca Sarafian, Fall Guys community manager at Mediatonic talks about how Fall Guys inspired her move into community management and her childhood dream come true
Bianca Sarafian, community manager (Fall Guys) at Mediatonic talks about how Fall Guys inspired her move into community management and her childhood dream come true
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Final Boss: “With work from home post COVID; I think we face a very real threat of creating a gig economy if we aren’t careful.” – Bulkhead Interactive’s Joe Brammer
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Ins and Outs – May 2021’s industry hires roundup
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Levelling Up: Media Molecule’s Liam de Valmency on the importance of communication and a flair for problem solving in programming
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DEVELOP JOBS – Your last chance to join Creative Assembly, Firesprite, Sharkmob and many more in our June hiring special!
