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Developer Creative Intelligence Arts has said that its successfully crowdfunded RPG Project Phoenix now won’t arrive until 2018. Furthermore, the studio has said that displeased backers won’t be refunded. Current estimates place dev at about 2.5 years out from completion,” the studio said. This is 2.5 years from the time …
Read More »SGN acquires two indie studios
US mobile firm dips into $130m for new acquisitions
Read More »Around 77,000 Steam accounts are stolen every month
Valve is launching a two-factor authentication Steam Guard Mobile Authenticator app to protect its users accounts against hackers. In a post on its Steam blog, the firm details the on-going issues with users accounts being accessed and pillaged for valuable in-game items. Valve estimates that 77,000 accounts are hijacked every …
Read More »Former Square Enix boss slams Konami’s treatment of Hideo Kojima
Yoichi Wada has labelled Konami’s treatment of Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima as cruel”. The saga of Konami’s and Kojima’s falling out has been one of the biggest stories of 2015, although we’re yet to receive official confirmation of their separation. There has been plenty of documented undermining, however, …
Read More »Disney may resurrect Star Wars 1313
All original artwork has been kept, team "definitely wants" to develop it further
Read More »Rovio names new CEO as Rantala steps down
Rovio has revealed that its CEO Pekka Rantala will be stepping down from his role. Rantala has only served in the position for a year, but will be replaced by Kati Levoranta in early 2016, according toTechCrunch. Levoranta currently serves as chief legal officer. The change was attributed to a …
Read More »PC Gamer hit 10 million visits in November
Future’s PC Gamer website has smashed its monthly visitor records. The site saw ten million visits during the month of November. This represents a growth of 37 per cent year-on-year. In addition to a growth in visitors, the site also saw a 53 per cent jump in page views – …
Read More »Star Wars 1313 could yet see the light of day
Disney has suggested that it could yet greenlight cancelled title Star Wars 1313 for development. Speaking to SlashFilm, LucasFilm boss Kathleen Kennedy was discussing the pile of materials it has relating to canned Star Wars TV series Star Wars: Underworld. Asked if it had all been binned, she replied: No. …
Read More »Final Fantasy VI remake heading to Steam next week
Square Enix is porting yet another Final Fantasy title to PC, with the mobile remake of Final Fantasy VI set to arrive on Steam next week. Why the company chose that particular version over the SNES or Game Boy Advance editions is a bit befuddling, but it’s what will be …
Read More »RockYou layoffs confirmed by CEO
Social games studio RockYou has reported a round of job cuts to its US workforce. Speaking withGamasutra, RockYou CEO Lisa Marino confirmed 23 employees were affected by the cuts. "23 people were impacted, about 10 per cent of our US workforce. We also initiated other cost-cutting initiatives, as expenses were …
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