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After years of anticipation, VR is finally launching in the coming months. And while there are some exciting games on the horizon for the tech, making these experiences has been anything but easy. Developing titles for VR has come with a long list of challenges that studios in the sector …
Read More »Crytek UK wasn’t paying wages and had lost a third of staff prior to Deep Silver buyout
The extent of the troubles that had embroiled the studio formerly known as Free Radical has been revealed. Speaking to The Guardian, Dambuster Studios studio head Hasit Zala revealed that things had gotten pretty dark for the Homefront: The Revolution developer by the summer of 2014. Crytek ran into financial …
Read More »Guillermo del Toro is done with games… except if it’s with Kojima
A collaboration between film director Guillermo del Toro and Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima is still on the cards. Following the troubled creation of the pair’s Silent Hills, which eventually resulted in the game’s cancellation last year, del Toro vowed that he was done with the gamesindustry. Now, it …
Read More »Bethesda changes up single-title dev cycle to work across three ‘big and crazy’ projects
‘They're different than anything we've done before,’ Todd Howard teases, while revealing that new studio in Montreal will focus on mobile
Read More »Kojima: My games are delivered on time and on budget
Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima has said the perception that he takes too long and spends too much money on development of his games is untrue. The statement came in an interview with GameSpot that coincided with his receipt of an AIAS Hall of Fame award at last night’s …
Read More »Goodgame chief Böni replaced by Warner Bros’ William Corey Barnard
Former development director for publisher oversaw the creation of Lord of the Rings, Dungeons and Dragons and DC Comics MMOs
Read More »Kim Kardashian’s sisters sign up for new Glu game
Glu may be entering a period of struggle, but its faith in all things Kardashian is not to be shaken. VentureBeat reports that the company has signed celebrity pair Kendall & Kylie for an iOS and Android game. Kendall and Kylie, incidentally, are the younger half sisters of Kim Kardashian. …
Read More »CW’s Mortal Kombat TV special watched by 0.3% of US households
American network The CW aired the final part of Machinima’s Chasing the Cup docuseries on Monday night to an audience of around 346,800 viewers. The online series had previously whittled a tournament bracket of Mortal Kombat X players down to just five competing for the biggest share of a $100,000 …
Read More »Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn and John de Lancie among Master of Orion’s voice cast
A huge number of recognisable names have been revealed for the voice cast of Wargaming’s Master of Orion revival. Included in the list are Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), John de Lancie (Q from Star Trek: The Next Generation), Michael Dorn (Worf from TNG), Dwight Schultz (Murdock in the A-Team, and …
Read More »Discover how you can use 3D scanning to put the player into your game
Intel Developer Blog: 3D scanning can allow developers to input the player's own features into the game and boost immersion
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