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Gears of War creator Epic has said that its want to maintain independence may mean it never makes another big single-player epic. This shift, it has said, came after the completion of Gears of War: Judgement, the cost of which was huge. "The economics of those games forces developers to …
Read More »Kerbal Space Program dev criticised for crunch and low pay
The raging debate over working conditions over working conditions in the development industry has once again reared its head, this time at Kerbal Space Program creator Squad. The former media director of Kerbal Space Program developer Squad hasvented his frustration with the Mexican studio’s treatment of its staff. Among his …
Read More »Crowdfunding newcomer Brightlocker wants to turn gamers into devs
Players invited to submit ideas and input into the development process as professional creators build their concepts into real titles
Read More »VR development ‘akin to traveling back in time and developing for the N64’
The need for virtual reality devs to get as much bang for your buck out of the limited processing capacity available harks back to the early days of coding. That’s according to Futuretown co-founder and CTO Justin Liebregts, who told Develop: A large portion of the engineering and art issues …
Read More »Tekken x Street Fighter development frozen after six years for the sake of fans
Director Katsuhiro Harada explains: ‘We don't want to split these communities, so a good window in which to release is something that's become difficult recently'
Read More »Vampire: The Masquerade dev joins Obsidian
Obsidian Entertainment is now the home to two of the guiding forces behind the original Fallout. Leonard Boyarsky is perhaps best known as the art director who introduced Fallout’s iconic Vault Boy icons while working at Interplay Entertainment in the mid-1990s. He later left to form Vampire: The Masquerade – …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption described as ‘a recurring nightmare’ by Rockstar before release
Rockstar was struggling with the development of Red Dead Redemption before Leslie Benzies was drafted in to save it. That’s the claim, as reported by GameSpot, in court papers from Benzies’ lawsuit against the Grand Theft Auto developer. The story of RDR’s development is cited as evidence of Benzies’ importance …
Read More »Driveclub dev Evolution joins Codemasters
Codemasters has stepped in to save recently shut Driveclub developer Evolution Studios. The closure of the Sony studio was announced last month, but now the team is heading over to Codemasters, with Evolution co-founder Mike Hocking being named as Codemasters’ VP of product development, overseeing activity across all Codemasters studios. …
Read More »Hideo Kojima to grab Development Legend gong at Develop Awards 2016
Hideo Kojima will receive this year’s Development Legend prize at the Develop Industry Excellence Awards on Wednesday, July 13th. The award recognises his decades of visionary game design– most notably through his flagship Metal Gear Solid series, but also on Zone of the Enders, Boktai and his early titles such …
Read More »Capcom designer makes jump to SNK ahead of King of Fighters return
Long-term Street Fighter designer Hidetoshi ‘Neo G’ Ishizawa has joined rival fighting game developer SNK. Destructoid reports that Ishizawa is credited on a huge list of titles including Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 and Darkstalkers 3. He’s also worked on other non-fighting properties series such as …
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