Ensemble Studios co-founder Tony Goodman and several colleagues have formed a new development house named Robot Entertainment. MCV’s sister site Develop has the full story right here.
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King.com, the home of Timeâ??s top-rated Hunted Forever, says thereâ??s a tremendous range of talent outside of the studio system
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Second annual development contest offers thousands of dollars in prizes
Read More »Online dev mag arrives from Intel
Leading component and software vendor Intel has launched a brand new digital magazine targeting the games development sector. Entitled Intel Visual Adrenaline, the mag is free to those who sign up to the Intel Software Dispatch news service. The digital publication covers the use of multi-threading and code optimisation in …
Read More »Intel launches new online dev magazine
Visual Adrenaline offers tips on multi-threading and code optimisation for games devs
Read More »TIGA: Government has got tax plan wrong
Development body criticises Alistair Darlingâ??s VAT cut, saying that income tax cut would have been better
Read More »25 devs laid off at Gearbox
Gearbox Software has laid off up to 25 of its staff as part of a strategy shift at the studio, according to reports on the web published over the weekend. Originally, sources reported that the redundancies came as production on Sega’s Aliens: Colonial Marines was halted, but studio head Randy …
Read More »Only 4% of games make a profit
California based research company Electronic Entertainment Design and Research has claimed that only four per cent of titles that make it to market go on to make a profit. Speaking to Forbes Geoffrey Zatkin, president of the 20-man sales data firm, divulged a number of interesting facts relating to a …
Read More »Smart Bomb licenses Mog Complete
Mogwareâ??s automation toolset to be used by Salt Lake City development studio
Read More »Newell: Mod development is best path into sector
Valve co-founder says mod tools are a good bet for anyone looking for a career in games development
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